Beaker, early 16th century, Made in probably Lower Rhineland, Germany, German, Free- and mold-blown glass with applied decoration, Overall: 3 9/16 x 3 1/4 in. (9 x 8.3 cm), Glass-Vessels, By the beginning of the fifteenth century glass was increasingly the material of choice for drinking vessels, replacing cruder ones of wood and earthenware and sometimes more expensive metal ones. Surviving glass vessels, as well as representations of them in manuscript illuminations, prints, and panel paintings, indicate that glass forms grew more and more sophisticated about 1500
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Beaker, early 16th century, Lower Rhineland, Germany, German, Free, mold-blown glass, applied decoration, Overall, 3 9/16 x 3 1/4, 9 8.3 cm, Glass-Vessels, fifteenth century, increasingly, material, choice, drinking vessels, replacing cruder, ones, wood, earthenware, sometimes, expensive metal, Surviving, vessels, well, representations, manuscript illuminations, prints, panel paintings, indicate, glass forms, grew, sophisticated, 1500
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