Beaker

German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307

This type of stocky vessel, known as a Krautstrunk (literally, cabbage stalk), was one of the most common forms of drinking glass in Germany during the late Middle Ages; the green color is also characteristically German. The vessel displays applied drops of glass called prunts, used both to decorate its sides and to permit a firm grip.

Beaker, Glass, German

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