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wine glass

Object NameWineglass
Maker Jacob Sang
Made FromGlass
Date1760
Place MadeEngland (glass); Holland (engraved)
Techniqueblown, engraved, diamond-point engraved
SizeH: 19.1 cm; D(rim): 7.4 cm, (foot): 7.5 cm
Accession Number79.3.358
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of European and American Glass
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, engraved, diamond-point engraved. Round funnel bowl; engraved scene of a man greeting a woman, with a radiant sun and clouds above; inscribed on the reverse "AUX BONNES ETRENNES."; stem composed of an angular knop above a tall, slender inverted baluster with air beads, and a ball knop at the base; conical foot, inscribed in diamond-point script "Jacob Sang, Fec = Amsterdam, 1760."; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Former Collection Lord Torpichen
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation