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tazza

Object NameWineglass

Maker Court Glasshouse

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Dateabout 1570-1590

Place MadeAustria, probably Innsbruck

TechniqueBlown, pattern-molded, diamond-engraved

SizeOverall H: 14.9 cm; Rim Diam: 16.4 cm

Accession Number79.3.323

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This tazza with a composite lion stem was probably made in Innsbruck rather than in Venice, as has been suggested for a similar vessel in the Veste Coburg, Germany. Few thinly blown large vessels with elaborate diamond-point engraving and cold-painted decoration have survived. (see 64.3.6)

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless (grey) non-lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, diamond- engraved. Shallow, circular pan top decorated with diamond- point engraving: formal scroll and foliage border encircles a band divided into four panels by foliate panels, with circular "floral" panel at the center; tall stem composed of a merese above a straight section, disk, baluster, molded lion-mask section, with a large, swelling section at the base; circular foot decorated with diamond-point engraved band of pointed ovals; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979