wine glass

Object NameWineglass

Made FromGlass, Gilding

Date1600-1700

TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, applied, tooled, gilt

SizeOverall H: 18.2 cm; Rim Diam: 9.5 cm; Foot Diam: 8.9 cm

Accession Number77.3.53

Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless, translucent blue. Blown, mold-blown; applied, tooled, gilded. Wineglass. Conical bowl with fire-polished, gilded rim; encircled four times with thin thread of colorless glass at two-thirds height; molded vertical ribbing at base, pinched together in twos; thin merese at top of hollow, twisted mold-blown stem (16 ribs), with short true baluster above two ball knops, and tapered inverted baluster at base; two applied blue ear-shaped wings with trailed and pincered colorless glass band, with projection at top, and curled lower terminal; joined by glue-bit to circular, sloping foot with gilded rim; pontil mark.
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