Hedwig glass beaker

Glass beaker; brownish tinged with fine bubbles; thick-walled bucket form with a pronounced pontil-mark on the concave base and originally with a ring foot, later broken; wheel-cut relief decoration represents an eagle with outstretched wings, flanked by a lion and a winged griffin which are separated by a stylised floral device composed of paired half-palmettes, one above the other. The ground has been sliced in a series of irregular facets, the top and bottom of the side wall retaining the original thickness of the glass. The profiles of the decorative elements are either cut vertically or bevelled. Inner details such as the lion's mane and the wing feathers of the eagle and griffin were incised with a smaller and narrower wheel.