2 - “Kraustrunk” Cup

“Kraustrunk” Cup Germany, late 15th century. H. 8.4 cm; Rim diameter: 6 cm Provenance: Im Kinsky Auction, Vienna, October 23, 2019, lot no. 504. Comparative Bibliography: Brigitte Klesse and Gisela Reineking-Von Bock, *Glas. Katalog des Kunstgewerbemuseums der Stadt Köln*, Cologne, 1973, p. 100, no. 152. Brigitte Klesse and Axel von Saldern, *500 Years of Glass Art: The Biemann Collection*, Zurich, 1978, p. 87, no. 6. Margrit Bauer, Gunhild Gabbert, and Anneliese Ohm, *European and Non-European Glass*, Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, 1980, p. 103, no. 218. Rainer Rückert, *The Glass Collection of the Bavarian National Museum, Munich*, 2 vols., Munich, 1982, vol. I, p. 46, no. 18, pl. 5. Erwin Baumgartner and Ingeborg Krüger, *Phoenix from Sand and Ashes: Medieval Glass*, exhibition catalog: Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn / Historisches Museum, Basel, Munich, 1988, p. 341, no. 409. This emerald-green glass goblet features a conical base surrounded by a smooth foot ring. Its decoration consists of six staggered rows of two rounded dots (Nuppen), applied while hot and fused to the glass. A thin applied glass bead highlights the base of the flared rim. Condition: Slight traces of corrosion This type of glass was sometimes used as a reliquary with a wax stopper (see Baumgartner and Krüger, pp. 336–337).