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trick glass

trick glass

Object NameEngraved Trick Glass
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1760-1780
Place MadeEngland
Techniqueblown, engraved
SizeOverall H: 25.5 cm; Diam (max): 8.75 cm
Accession Number50.2.61
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Story of English Glass (Traveling Exhibition)
The Story of English Glass
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown and engraved. Long funnel top opening into spherical body, applied ball-knop stem and high, sloping, circular, folded foot, rough pontil mark; crudely engraved decoration of contentionalized flower and leaves with curving stems and twisting tendrils on body; "I H" above bird on one side of funnel, leaf sprays on other.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01

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