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tazza

Object NameTazza
Made FromGlass
Date1600-1699
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, applied
SizeOverall H: 7.8 cm, D (rim): 9.2 cm; D (foot): 7.5 cm
Accession Number79.3.957
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTazza. Colorless. Blown, mold-blown; applied. Shallow hemispherical bowl with fire-polished rim and flat base. Second gather applied to base and mold-blown (14 ribs); attached by glue-bit to mold-blown (16 ribs) ball knop; joined by merese and glue-bit to pedestal foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Lower half of sides of bowl is decorated with spiral trail of colorless glass.
Provenance
Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979
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