beaker
- Museum number
- 1939,0103.1
- Description
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Beaker, glass, thick, dark red ruby glass ('rubinglas'), of cylindrical waisted form, wheel-engraved with Diana seated in chariot drawn by two geese with stars above and with a stag couchant between trees below the sun. The base, which is roughened at the rim perhaps is for a metal mount, is engraved with a flower spray.
- Production date
- 1680 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- There is apparently another very similar beaker in the Mühsam Collection, see Robert Schmidt, 'Die Gläser der Sammlung Mühsam', 1914, no. 181, pp. 44-46, illus.
- Location
- On display (G46/dc19/sh3)
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1939,0103.1
