Mug
ca. 1595 (made)
| Place of origin |
Mug, probably Bohemia, 1575-1650
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | enamelled and gilt |
| Brief description | Mug, probably Bohemia, 1575-1650 |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Cobalt was used from the 14th century to colour glass in Bohemia, but it is Christoph Schürer who is credited with inventing cobalt-blue glass which was especially popular between the 1570s and about 1610. Cobalt was mined in the Ore mountains. |
| Credit line | W. H. Cope Bequest |
| Other number | 8646 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 599-1903 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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