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Object NameWineglass

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1575-1650

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueBlown, mold-blown

SizeOverall H: 14.1 cm; Bowl W: 10.7 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.522

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless, translucent turquoise blue. Blown, mold-blown. Oval bowl with indented sides and flaring, fire-polished rim, attached at base to mold-blown (12 ribs) and twisted stem of translucent turquoise blue glass formed of four flattened and graduated (largest at top) knops, with tapered section at bottom; joined by capstan to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979