bowl
Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date1500-1599
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueMold-blown, applied, blown
SizeOverall H: 18.6 cm; Diam (max): 28 cm
Accession Number62.3.121
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Giles Whiting
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBowl. Colorless, with grayish tinge; translucent dark blue. Blown, mold-blown; applied. Bowl: wide (with pontil mark), curving to shoulder, then curving back slightly to wide, short cylindrical part with outfolded rim; spreading mold-blown (16 vertical ribs) foot has applied broad thread of deep blue glass. Second gather applied to base of bowl and mold-blown (12 ribs swirling left). Two blue threads applied to upper part of bowl and to edge of rim.Provenance
Source
Mrs. Giles Whiting