Angster

Object NameAngster or Kuttrolf

Made FromGlass

Date1575-1625

TechniqueTooled, applied filigrana, blown

SizeOverall H: 23.7 cm; Rim Diam: 12.3 cm; Foot Diam: 9.9 cm

Accession Number60.3.65

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Place Made

probably Italy, Venice; possibly Low Countries; possibly Germany

Physical DescriptionAngster or Kuttrolf. Colorless, with grayish tinge. Blown; tooled, applied filigrana. Neck consisting of three spiral tubes that wind around one vertical central tube and end in cup-shaped mouth with lip pinched to form spout; almost spherical body directly attached to pedestal foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Second gather applied to body and decorated with 22 canes of white twisted threads that were applied vertically to body, starting at top, just below shoulder, in full relief and sinking into matrix toward underside, where they join at center. They form two alternating patterns: (1) narrow multi-twist and (2) more widely spaced double-twist around central cane.
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