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Object NameWineglass

Made FromGlass

Date1600-1700

Place Madeprobably Switzerland

Techniqueblown, filigrana

SizeOverall H: 13.8 cm, Diam (rim): 8 cm, Diam (foot): 7.9 cm.

Accession Number67.3.28

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Wing

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Colorless glass with brownish-grey tinge, with large inclusions (non-molten batch), but few bubbles; opaque white canes; blown, filigrana. Straight-sided, conical bowl with solid base, joined by merese and glue-bit to hollow-blown capstan stem with embedded, close-set opaque-white threads. Joined with merese to rising, blown foot with same white threads in spiral formation, and coarse, rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Winthrop Wing - 1967

Source Mrs. Winthrop Wing - 1967