oinochoe

Object NameOenochoe

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1880-1900

Place Madeprobably Spain

Techniquefree blown, applied thread decoration

SizeOverall H: 17.8 cm; Body Diam: 8.5 cm

Accession Number59.1.70

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Fakes and Forgeries

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass (in transmitted light; in reflected light black glass); surface dull through weathering, partial decolorization, partly heavy pitting, whitish scum and iridescence; possibly free blown, with applied thread decoration; thick sloping foot, plain, with rough pontil mark and two marks on top of foot diagonally oriented, pronounced ovoid body with almost horizontal shoulder, slender cylindrical neck with tooled trefoil mouth; applied solid ear-shaped handle applied to trefoil mouth which it surmounts, and to shoulder at joint of neck; on the body over-all pattern of loops, arranged in vertical rows (eight) in white and yellow glass, with the pattern extending upwards over part of the neck, tool marks at top of shoulder, thus causing a rib effect, white spiral band at bottom of body (2 1/2 times around body).

Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27

Former Collection Angelo Signorelli (Italian)
(Sales Catalogue Santa Maria", Rome, October 29-31 1951)