Prunted Beaker I

Historical reproduction of a 16th-century German Krautstrunk beaker. The German word krautstrunk, meaning cabbage stalk, suggests the glassware’s likeness to the staple brassica crop. The Krautstrunk beaker is a type of Waldglas or “forest glass”; its name denotes the Northern European woods where these vessels were traditionally made, whose iron-oxide rich soil and beech wood trees gave the glassware its natural verdant hue. This cylindrical beaker features soft-pointed prunts arranged in a quincunx pattern and a ruffle-like pincered foot ring. Handmade by artisan glassblowers in France 3 inches diameter 4.25 inches tall