Beaker Celebrating the Birth of the King of Rome
Manufacturer: PROBABLY Verrerie de Vonêche (1778-1816)
Date: about 1809 (glass), 1811 (engraving)
Dimensions:
H: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 ¾ in. (7.0 cm)
Medium: Glass; mold-blown, cut, copper-wheel engraved, applied rim.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. George M. Jones, Jr. Fund
Object number: 2011.4
DescriptionStraight-sided lead glass beaker decorated with a cut diamond pattern radiating from the center of the base and extending one-fourth up the wall, with four copper-wheel engraved profile portraits facing left and a band of stylized ivy between matte ribbons (all in “Mattschnitt”) below the applied, milled silver-gilt rim.
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