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posset pot
posset pot

posset pot

Object NameHandled Dessert Glass
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1730-1750
Place MadeEngland
TechniquePattern Molded, Blown, Applied
SizeOverall H: 17 cm; Rim Diam: 7.75 cm; Foot Diam (max): 6.75 cm
Accession Number50.2.113
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of English Glass
Title Unknown (Royal Ontario Museum)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionHandled Dessert Glass. Colorless lead glass; pattern-molded (bowl) and blown. Deep bell bowl with molded panels (broad flutes) of irregular length; applied stem tapering from knop at base, resting on circular foot with rough pontil mark; applied opposing double-loop handles on bowl.
Provenance
Source Steuben Glass, Inc. (American, founded 1903) - 1950-10-01
Former Collection Howard Eric Collection
Former Collection Joseph Bles
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982
Sommeliers
Claus Josef Riedel
designed in 1973; made in 1982