tazza

Object NameHandled Tazza

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1800-1899

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueFree-blown

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm; Rim H: 9 cm, Diam (max): 16.8 cm; Foot Diam (max): 8.5 cm

Accession Number50.3.85

Credit LineGift of George D. Macbeth

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionHandled Tazza. Colorless glass with alternating opaque French blue latticinio and aventurine paired spiral canes; free-blown, the expanded canes forming pronounced ribs. Wide flaring shallow conical bowl with cusped rim and small blob of colorless glass at each point; bowl attached by colorless merese to flaring pedestal foot with top folded rim; applied colorless vermicular or crimped collar at top of pedestal; applied and opposing colorless loop handles with looped end attached on underside of bowl and decorated with gilded pincered trailing or quilling.
Provenance

Source George D. Macbeth (1892-1968) - 1950-10-01