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trick glass

Object NameVexierkrug (Trick Glass)

Made FromGlass

Date1700-1799

Place Madeprobably Bohemia

TechniqueBlown, applied, hot-worked, engraved

SizeOverall H: 20.6 cm, W: 12.8 cm, D: 10.5 cm

Accession Number2015.3.25

Credit LineGift of Timothy Husband in memory of Ruth Blumka

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVexierkrug (Trick Glass). Colorless glass; blown, applied, hot-worked, engraved. Colorless vessel with tall cylindrical neck, squat globular body, applied shallow conical foot, and tube handle applied to globular portion of body. Handle bends over rim of vessel and terminates in the bottom of the vessel body. Lattice made of thick trails of glass, some of which hot-worked to resembled leaves, applied over opening of jug. Body of vessel decorated with engraved floral motif.
Provenance

Source Timothy Husband - 2015-12-10
acquired in the 1970/1980s