trick glass
Object NameTrick Glass in the Form of Bagpipes
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1650-1750
Place MadeGermany
Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, trailed, milled
SizeOverall H: 23.2 cm, W: 12.8 cm; Base Th: 7 cm
Accession Number64.3.87
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Curiosities of Glassmaking
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent dark blue non-lead glasses; optic-blown, pattern-molded, trailed, milled; applied decoration. Ovoid body, with long, tapered neck curved downward, to one side; trailed, milled band around the body; trailed spiral band around the neck; four blue pads on the neck and trailed blue rim; applied, conical projection on one side of the body; drawn neck, with two applied, ribbed tubes, each with trailed spiral threads and trailed blue rims; trailed foot ring; concave base with rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Cecil Davis
- 1964
