cantir
Object NameCantir
Made FromGlass
Date1701-1800
Place MadeSpain
TechniqueFree-blown, applied and tooled parts
SizeH: 40 cm; D (max. body): 19.1 cm, (base): 11.7 cm
Accession Number53.3.43
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear glass with few bubbles and latticinio ribbons; inside slightly dull and flecked through weathering; free-blown, with applied and tooled parts. Conical foot with double walls, high kick and ring-like pontil mark, supporting the large ovoid body; broad unevenly twisted latticinio bands; two spouts or tubes are rising at the opposite sides of the shoulder, made of the same batch of glass, a lump of glass is attached at the top of the body holding a twisted ring handle with opaque white incorporated glass, crest-like crimped piece attached to the back and at top a chicken of clear and opaque white; two wave- like crimped glass rings around bottom and lower part of body.Provenance
Former Collection
Mrs. Applethwaite-Abbot
Source
Cecil Davis
