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Cup
The collection record classifies this work as glass. It is dated c. 1720. Recorded culture or place: Bohemia.
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- Museum title
- Cup
- Date
- c. 1720
- Culture / origin
- Bohemia
- Materials and technique
- glass
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 21 x 9.7 cm (8 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1950.158
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This substantial drinking vessel was used for a variety of alcoholic beverages. Bohemian glass gained immense popularity throughout Europe’s courts in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) had abundant natural resources, including potassium-rich minerals that, when combined with chalk, created clear glass that was remarkable for its stability. Glassmakers from the region became experts at hand cutting and engraving glassware, as in this example featuring a boar hunt amid elaborate ribbonlike motifs, or strapwork, and floral designs.
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