Drinking Bowl

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15th century · Green glass · Medieval Art

The maigelein is a type of small shallow drinking bowl often molded, as here, with a pattern of intersecting ribs. It was widely produced and used in Germany and the Netherlands during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Artist

Unknown

Date

15th century

Medium

Green glass

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Munsey Fund, 1927