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Object NameWineglass (vetro a retortoli)
Made FromLattimo glass
Dateabout 1550-1600
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, applied (vetro a fili, vetro a retorti)
SizeOverall H: 17.6 cm; Rim Diam: 10.3 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm
Accession Number68.3.64
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionWineglass (vetro a retortoli). Colorless, with brownish gray tinge; opaque white. Vetro a fili, vetro a retorti. Conical, gently flaring bowl with fire polished rim (perhaps trimmed with straight shears); slightly flattened blown knop, joined to bowl and foot by two mereses of colorless glass; blown pedestal foot with infolded edge and pontil mark. Bowl, knop, and foot are decorated by alternating canes a fili and a retorti in opaque white glass; strips are flattened tubes, and twists consist of eight twisted threads in colorless matrix.Provenance
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1968
