ice bucket

Object NameGlaciere (ice cellar)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1760-1780

Techniqueblown, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 25.5 cm, W: 26.4 cm, D: 18.9 cm

Accession Number2000.3.15

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionGlaciere (ice cellar). a) Two handled cooler, transparent pale grey bubbly glass; blown, tooled, applied. Cylindrical bowl with outwardly folded rim, two ribbed D-shaped handles applied on opposing sides, three square solid feet applied to bottom of base at edge. b) Lid, colorless glass; blown, hot-worked, tooled, applied. Low cylindrical shape pinched together to form flange about two-thirds of the way down side in center applied "handle" / finial consisting of solid spirally ribbed circular loop horizontal band pincered in two places to form vertical disk atop solid ribbed almost bell shape. c) Liner, colorless glass; blown. Flaring cylindrical shape with flange rim.
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