flute glass

Object NameFlute Glass

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1710-1720

Place MadeElectorate of Saxony

Techniqueblown, cut, engraved

SizeH: 35.3 cm; D(rim): 8.5 cm, (foot): 11.6 cm

Accession Number79.3.263

Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionFlute Glass. Colorless non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Tall, tapered bowl with engraved border of flowers and leaves; side decorated with a large crowned coat of arms (of Poland and Saxony) supported by crowned eagles, inscribed "F.A.R.P.E.S" in a ribbon above, with flags and arms amassed below; cut flutes alternating with vertical rows of cut circular facets, outlined with matte arches; stem composed of two mereses above a facet-cut ball knop, a merese, and a waisted section; circular foot with engraved floral and foliate border on the upper surface; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation