Beaker or tumbler

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Object Name: 
Beaker or tumbler
Accession Number: 
55.3.22
Dimensions: 
H: 11.6 cm; D (rim max.): 9.5 cm, (min.): 6.8 cm, (base max.): 6.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1701-1800
Primary Description: 
Clear glass; wear marks at base and rim, interior partly slightly cloudy; free-blown and enameled. Flattened body with straight walls slightly flaring upwards, rough pontil mark at base; multicolored decoration on the obverse, of two doves perched on a heart with a flower and surmounted by a blue and white wreath, and on the reverse three flower and leaf sprays; the frieze is framed by red and yellow lines and a white U- shaped line.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Linares, Abelardo, Source
Color: 
German Enameled Glass (1965) illustrated, pp. 151, 414, #127; BIB# 18098