ice bucket
Object NameGlaciere (ice cellar)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1760-1780
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueblown, tooled, applied
SizeOverall H: 25.5 cm, W: 26.4 cm, D: 18.9 cm
Accession Number2000.3.15
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
In Sparkling Company: Glass and the Costs of Social Life in Britain during the 1700s
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Christie's, Paris
- 2000-03-28
