taperstick

Object NameRibbed Taperstick

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1750

Place MadeEngland

TechniquePattern-molded, blown

SizeOverall H: 16 cm; Foot Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number50.2.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Rich's)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; pattern-molded and blown. Deep cylindrical socket with flaring rim, molded vertical ribs, and three rings at base, composite shaft including large knop with tears (air-beads) at top of Silesian or rib-molded shouldered stem, applied circular domed foot with heavy, radial molded ribs, each swirling to plain rim from diamond-boss at shoulder of dome; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01