wine fountain
Object NameCovered Wine Urn with Standard
Made FromLead Glass, Pewter, Cork, Metal
Dateabout 1785
Place MadeIreland
TechniqueBlown, cut
SizeOverall H: 65.8 cm; Base Diam: 21.75 cm
Accession Number50.2.59
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia)
Wine: Celebration and Ceremony
Title Unknown (Rich's)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Steuben Glass, Inc.
(American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
