cover

Object NameCover

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1575-1650

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueApplied, Vetro a fili, vetro a retorti

SizeOverall H: 9.9 cm, D: 14.9 cm

Accession Number75.3.28

Credit LineExchange with The Art Institute of Chicago; Purchased through the Bessie Bennet Fund.

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCover. Colorless, opaque white. Vetro a fili; vetro a retorti; applied. Cover: flanged, domed, terminating in blown, flattened knop, both in vertical bands of alternating a fili and a retorti; joined by glue-bit to solid dumbbell finial of colorless glass. At apex of cover, pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Art Institute of Chicago - 1975-03-21