cantir

Object NameCantir

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1700-1799

Techniqueblown

SizeOverall H: 24.2 cm, W: 14.4 cm, D: 10.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.479

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

A Cup of Kindness

Masterpieces of European and American Glass

Place Made

Spain, probably Catalonia

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with pale green tinge, seeds and bubbles; opaque white lattimo threads; blown, vetro a fili, applied. Slightly flattened globular body with integral flattened knop and conical, kicked-in base with rough pontil mark. Applied on top large glue-bit, to hold plain ring handle with applied flammiform twisted finial. On opposite sides of shoulder two vertical spouts, one wider and shorter, rim strengthened by applied and cast-off thread; the other longer and attenuated, with broken-off rim. Body decorated with spiral vetro a fili threads, distorted by the spouts. The threads don’t meet in apex of base.
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