wine glass
Object NameWineglass
Made FromNon-Lead Glass
Dateabout 1600-1799
Place MadeGerman Silesia
TechniqueFree-blown, molded, engraved
SizeOverall H: 16 cm; Rim Diam (max): 7.5 cm; Foot Diam (max): 8 cm
Accession Number50.3.107
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Czechoslovak & Italian Glass
The Story of English Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless non-lead glass; free-blown, molded and engraved decoration. Double-ogee bowl, lower ogee with molded pronounced gadroons tooled at top into two lobes; composite multi-knob stem including ball knop between trios of blade knops, ball-baluster knop, and cushion; applied sloping wide circular foot with narrow under-folded rim; engraved vintage decoration on upper bowl: tendrils and leaf alternating with tendrils and bunches of grapes in "waves" formed by serpentine line, circlet of ovals at top, primate leaf at bottom.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1950
