Tall Beaker with Prunts (Stangenglas) (late 1400s): Art, History and Details

Tall Beaker with Prunts (Stangenglas) (late 1400s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Tall beakers were used for a variety of beverages, but especially wine and beer. They were often passed around during communal drinking on celebratory occasions. This pole glass (stangenglas), characterized by its tall cylindrical structure and pedestal foot, is adorned with prunts, glass blobs that afford a firm grip in the absence of a handle.

Object facts

• Title: Tall Beaker with Prunts (Stangenglas)
• Date: late 1400s
• Culture: Germany, late 15th century
• Type: Glass
• Technique: green glass
• Dimensions: Overall: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1991.15

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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