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Object NameCovered Daumenglas
Made Fromnon-lead glass
Date1880-1900
Place MadeEurope; probably Germany
Techniqueblown, trailed
Size(a&b) H: 28.6 cm; (a) H: 18.9 cm, D: 14.8 cm; (b) H: 11.2 cm, D: 10.8 cm
Accession Number79.3.1134
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
International Commission on Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionYellow green, shaded brown non-lead glass; blown, trailed. (a) Barrel-shaped, bulbous, cylindrical form; shaded yellow-green at the bottom to dark brown at the rim; three trailed and indented threads below the rim, and three more at the base; five bulbous depressions on the side; trailed foot ring; bottom with conical kick and rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Former Collection William Randolph Hearst
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation