flute glass

Object NameFlute Glass

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1710-1720

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

Place Made

Electorate of Saxony

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.
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