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Object NameCovered Barrel

Made FromGlass

Date1800-1899

Place Madeprobably Germany

TechniqueFree-blown, with applied decoration

Size(a&b) H: 38.2 cm; (a) H: 27.6 cm; D (rim): 12.7 cm, (max. body): 23 cm

Accession Number55.3.21

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionTransparent brilliant light yellowish-green glass with few impurities; wear marks; free-blown, with applied decoration. (a) Barrel-shaped oval body with concave base having very rough pontil mark; (b) set-in domed cover tapering towards hollow pear-shaped finial resting on a disk; three heavy notched rings (rigaree bands) around bottom of body, three others below rim, two groups of "thumb-cups" - each consisting of three - applied to the body.
Provenance

Source Joseph M. Morpurgo