ale glass

Object NameAle Glass

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1760-1780

TechniqueBlown, Cut, Engraved, Scratch-Engraved, Partly Polished

SizeOverall H: 18.7 cm; Rim Diam: 6.1 cm

Accession Number79.2.61

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

England

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, cut, engraved, and scratch-engraved. Tall round-funnel bowl, with engraved and cut pendant bouquet of barley and hops with leaves, tied with a ribbon, with diamond-point scratched details on the hops fruit and leaves, with engraved and partly-polished flying insects at either side; cut oval and polygonal facets at the base of the bowl, merging into diamond facets on the stem; tall, facet-cut stem with central angular knop; conical foot; rough pontil mark; scratched "BATE" on the underside of the foot; inscribed "264 P" (now rubbed) in yellow paint on the pontil mark.
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