trick glass

Object NameTrick Glass in the Form of Bagpipes

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1650-1750

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)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

Place Made

Germany

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.
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