Beaker

Unknown

late 13th or early 14th century · Mold-blown glass with applied foot · The Cloisters

The truncated shape of this beaker—broader than it is tall—is unusual, but the finesse of the patterning and the delicacy of the vessel is even rarer, if not unprecedented, in medieval glass. The maker impressed an overall pattern of raised circles into the glass wall.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 13th or early 14th century

Medium

Mold-blown glass with applied foot

Culture

French

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 2015