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On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Beaker

1685-1850 (made)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Large beaker of clear colourless glass with elaborate finial incorporating the double-headed eagle of Habsburg, 1685-1855


Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Beaker
Materials and techniques
Clear, colourless glass, blown in an optic mould
Glass
Blown
Hot-Worked
Brief description
Large beaker of clear colourless glass with elaborate finial incorporating the double-headed eagle of Habsburg, 1685-1855
Object history
Bought from the Bernal Collection sale for £36.
Bibliographic references
  • Bernal Sale catalogue 1862, cat.2905, p.298, illustration opposite p 300
  • Gerspach, L'art de la verrerie, Paris 1885, p. 277, fig, 136, our glass depicted: here attributed to Bohemia 17th century
Other number
2202 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1852-1855

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Record createdSeptember 8, 1998
Record URL
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