champagne glass

Object NameChampagne Glass

Glasshouse James Giles Workshop

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1765

Place MadeEngland

TechniqueBlown, gilded

SizeOverall H: 18.75 cm; Rim Diam: 5.5 cm; Foot Diam: 7.75 cm

Accession Number50.2.67

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

The Story of English Glass

Story of English Glass (Traveling Exhibition)

Title Unknown (Rich's)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass with opaque white twists; blown, with burnished gilding. Long slender bowl with straight sides spreading slightly to rim and at bottom tapering sharply to applied straight stem with pair of opaque white tape corkscrews around a lacy core, applied sloping circular foot with plain rim, rough pontil mark; gilt decoration on bowl: one side, bunch of grapes with leaves and tendrils; on reverse, foliated scrolled cartouche with foliated initials "S S"; narrow band around rim.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01