Beaker (Krautstrunk)

Unknown

late 15th or early 16th century · Free-blown glass with applied decoration · The Cloisters

While intended primarily as drinking vessels, small beakers of this type were sometimes adapted as containers for sacred relics. Seals impressed into the wax used to cap the vessels often provide a means of dating them.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th or early 16th century

Medium

Free-blown glass with applied decoration

Culture

German

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

Gift of Dr. Eugen Grabscheid, 1977