wine glass

Object NameWineglass

Made FromGlass, Gilding

Date1600-1700

Place MadeItaly, Venice

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

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

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.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)