Claw Beaker
Claw Beaker
Artist
Alan Goldfarb
(American, born 1959)
Dateabout 2000
Dimensions7 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 5 7/8 in. (17.9 × 15.4 × 14.9 cm)
MediumGlass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Jutta Annette Page
Object number
2022.30
Not on View
DescriptionBlown green glass beaker with applied foot and eight blown, hollow claws. The vessel is adorned with spiral trails along the neck and above the foot, under the lower row of claws, as well as vertical trails along each claw. Fine, brown accretions have been applied to enhance the antique appearance of the claw beaker.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Polston, Pamela, “Glass Act,” Seven Days, Vol. 4, No. 15 (December 2, 1998), 1998.
about 400
mid 19th century
metalwork, 1200-1225; rock crystal, 820-860
mid 19th century
1920s
4th-5th century CE
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