The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beaker

Date:: 15th century
Culture:: German
Medium:: Glass
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.7 x 7.4 cm) at foot: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: Gift of the Apanagial Estate Abrau, 1906
Accession Number:: 06.141

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 307

Description

While not created for religious use, glass vessels of this type were sometimes used at the Seder, as illustrations from medieval manuscripts bear witness.
Provenance

Apanagial Estate Abrau(until 1906)
See also
What
Vessels (21,921)

Glass (16,037)

Beakers (745)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Jews and the Arts in Medieval Europe

Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.

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