Beaker (Krautstrunk)
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late 15th or early 16th century · Free-blown glass with applied decoration · Medieval Art
This ordinary drinking vessel is decorated with applied drops of glass drawn into points, or prunts. The adornments give the beaker its name: Krautstrunk, a German word meaning "cabbage stalk." Although primarily decorative, the prunts also gave the drinker a surer grip on the vessel, which was heavy when filled.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 15th or early 16th century
- Medium
- Free-blown glass with applied decoration
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Munsey Fund, 1927
