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Object NameWineglass

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1600-1650

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueBlown, diamond-point engraved, applied, tooled

SizeOverall H: 13 cm; Diam (rim): 12.5 cm, (foot): 9.7 cm

Accession Number79.3.366

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless, translucent blue. Blown; applied, tooled, diamond-point engraved. Shallow hemispherical bowl with fire-polished rim; joined by glue-bit to blown stem with disk and conical knop; two ear-shaped handles of translucent blue glass; attached by capstan to shallow, blown foot with fire-polished rim and pontil mark. Bowl is diamond point engraved with bird atop branch with foliage, with similar branches at either side; on reverse, similar branches with elaborate flower at center; on handles, trailed colorless decoration pincered into series of waffle patterned pads; foot is diamond-point engraved with stylized foliage and flowers.
Provenance

Former Collection J. Pierpont Morgan (American, 1937-1913)

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation