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sweetmeat glass
sweetmeat glass

sweetmeat glass

Object NameSweetmeat glass
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1725-1750
Place MadeBohemia; Silesia
Techniqueblown, mold-blown, enameled, gilt
SizeH: 11.8 cm, W (rim): 9.7 cm, D (foot): 7.2 cm
Accession Number79.3.1059
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, mold-blown, enameled, gilt. Lobed, cup-shaped bowl, with four wide lobes alternating with four narrower ones; band of red-brown and blue enameling against gilding, to form a border of stylized gilt leaves, flanked by two rows of white dots, with pendant red-brown shells and rows of three blue dots; stem composed of two mereses above an inverted baluster with basal swelling; conical foot; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

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