champagne glass

Object NameAle or Champagne Glass

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1740-1760

Place MadeEngland

Techniqueblown, pattern molded

SizeOverall H: 18.7 cm; Foot Diam: 7.6 cm; Rim Diam: 6.1 cm

Accession Number76.2.12

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Tall diamond-molded ogee bowl (14 diamonds in a horizontal row); straight stem enclosing a double-series air twist (multiple spirals encircling a single spiral thread); conical, diamond- molded foot (15 diamonds in a horizontal row); rough pontil mark; inscribed "30-55-1C" in red paint on the underside of the foot.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1976-12-20