LATE 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR SWITZERLAND

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A MEDIEVAL GLASS BEAKER (NUPPENBECHER)
LATE 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR SWITZERLAND
Of densely seeded pale-green metal, the cylindrical body decorated allover with applied prunts below a trailed thread and flared rim, with a kick-in base, applied to the edge with a pinched footring
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Lenbach Collection.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1980, lot 183.
An Important Collection of Venetian and Façon de Venise Glass; Christie's, London, 28 March 200, lot 8.

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Lot Essay

See Erwin Baumgartner, Glas des Mittelalters und der Renaissance Die Sammlung Karl Amendt, Dusseldorf, 2005, p. 68, no. 4 for a related beaker of uncertain origin with a similarly coloured metal and pp. 86-87, nos. 24 and 25 for two examples of watery green tint, both reputedly found in the Mainz/Speyer area. See also pp. 245-246 for a detailed discussion of the origins of prunted beakers. See also Erwin Baumgartner and Ingeborg Krueger, Phönix aus Sand und Asche Glas des Mittelalters, Munich, 1988, pp. 210-217.

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