oinochoe

Object NameOinochoe

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

Place MadeSpain

Techniqueblown, trailed, marvered

SizeOverall H: 17.1 cm, Diam (max): 8.8 cm

Accession Number79.1.192

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent dark blue, opaque white glasses; blown, trailed and marvered. Broad piriform body; rounded rim, pinched into flamboyant trefoil; short tapering neck; rounded shoulder; body tapering sharply at bottom; solid applied stem; conical foot, pushed in, with pontil mark; handle attached to shoulder and rim, where it terminates in coil. Decorated with opaque white trails on rim, body and foot; on rim, horizontal trail wound four times around circumference; on body, horizontal trail wound four times around shoulder, band of horizontal trails dragged up eight times at more or less regular intervals; horizontal trail wound four times around lower part; on foot, horizontal trail around edge.

Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979-03-25