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Object NameWineglass
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1575-1650
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, tooled
SizeOverall H: 17.4 cm; Rim Diam: 16.9 cm; Foot Diam: 10.6 cm
Accession Number79.3.453
Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless. Blown, mold-blown; tooled. Shallow bowl with fire-polished rim; joined by merese to inverted-baluster stem surmounted by ball knop, both of which are mold-blown (16 ribs) and twisted; attached by glue-bit [capstan?] to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979
Former Collection J. Pierpont Morgan (American, 1937-1913)
Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)
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