wine glass

Object NameLatticinio Wineglass

Made FromPresumably Non-Lead Glass

Dateabout 1800-1899

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueFree-blown

SizeOverall H: 10.8 cm; Rim Diam (max): 5.5 cm; Foot Diam (max): 5.5 cm

Accession Number50.3.65

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Panel Show II

Not On View

Physical DescriptionLatticinio Wineglass. Presumably colorless non-lead glass and latticinio canes -- alternate opaque white lace with twisted taper core and paired gold spiral around opaque white gauze twist; free-blown. Fused canes producing pronounced vertical ribs on bowl and foot; long-waisted bowl with wavy rim, attached by colorless merese to spirally ribbed and gilded inverted baluster stem, in turn attached by colorless merese to high sloping circular foot; an applied vermicular or crimped collar around waist of bowl and another just below top of baluster.
Provenance

Source George D. Macbeth (1892-1968) - 1950-10-01