tazza
Object NameTazza
Maker
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromGlass
Date1846
Place MadeFrance, Baccarat
TechniqueFree-blown, tooled, ground with millefiori canes,
SizeOverall H: 9.4 cm; Rim Diam: 10.8 cm; Foot Diam: 7.3 cm
Accession Number53.3.59
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionClear and opaque multicolored millefiori glass with small bubbles; wear marks at base; free-blown, tooled, ground with incorporated millefiori canes and twisted threads. The flat foot with slightly sloping sides and slightly concave base with ground center supports the inverted baluster stem, resting on a disk of clear glass and holding the shallow cup-shaped bowl; the canes on bowl and foot show blossom-like and ornamental motives (many stars in white an dark blue), at the center of the bowl bears the date: "B 1846", red and blue on white; the stem has white-opaque twisted threads; corkscrew band (7 threads) surrounded by spiral band (12 threads).Provenance
Former Collection
Mrs. Applethwaite-Abbot
Source
Cecil Davis
