Beaker

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ordinary drinking vessels were produced widely throughout German-speaking lands. Because the workshops that made them were located in forests, where raw materials were readily available, they are often called Waldgläser (forest glasses). This example is unusual in the refinement of its design.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art