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water glass
water glass

water glass

Object NameFooted Cup or Water Glass
Made FromLead Glass
Date1700-1720
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, pattern molded
SizeOverall H: 11.6 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm
Accession Number79.2.144
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Waisted bowl with slightly flaring rim; spiral threading at rim, band of threading pinched into a chain pattern at the middle, and a rib-molded gather pinched into diamonds ("nipt diamond waies") at base; domed and folded foot decorated with a rib-molded gather, pinched into diamonds ("nipt diamond waies"); rough pontil mark on underside of foot.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979-03-22
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