wine fountain

Object NameCovered Wine Urn with Standard

Made FromLead Glass, Pewter, Cork, Metal

Dateabout 1785

TechniqueBlown, cut

SizeOverall H: 65.8 cm; Base Diam: 21.75 cm

Accession Number50.2.59

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Rich's)

Wine: Celebration and Ceremony

Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)

Place Made

Ireland

Physical DescriptionDark colorless lead glass; blown and cut. (a) Deep ovate bowl having on one side, at bottom, a cylindrical nozzle fitted with pewter spigot set in cork, and at bottom a metal mounting and rod passing through knopped stem of standard with domed circular foot; decoration: circlet of trifoliate leaves on plain field between bands of broad paneling at bottom and finger-flutes at top. (b) High domed set-in cover with stemmed- cone finial; decoration: same leaf circlet between bands of broad panels. (c) Standard -- hexagonal paneled stem, flat cutting on foot.
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