champagne glass

Object NameChampagne Glass

Made FromMon-lead glass

Date1800-1899

Place MadeItaly

Techniqueblown, blown-molded

SizeH: 10.6 cm; D(bowl): 10.5 cm, (foot): 7.1 cm

Accession Number79.3.225

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless and opaque white non-lead glasses; blown, blown-molded. Shallow "saucer" bowl with rounded sides, "vetro-di-trina," with slender white threads forming a checkerboard pattern, with small air beads in each "opening"; flattened disk above a twisted, flattened, rib-molded stem with trailed, pincered bands; rib-molded disk foot with rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)