stangenglas
Object NameCovered Stangenglas with Prunts
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1880-1900
Place Madeprobably Germany
Techniquemold-blown, pattern-molded, engraved, overlaid (?)
SizeOverall H: 61 cm; Rim Diam: 10.5 cm; Base Diam: 14.3 cm
Accession Number66.3.30
Credit LineGift of Blanche E. Robinson in memory of Mrs. Ida Allen Hibbard
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Arthur A. Houghton Library)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent amber and ruby non-lead glasses; mold-blown, pattern-molded, engraved, possibly overlaid. (a) Tall, conical, straight-sided bowl; polished, flat rim; engraved scrollwork design of cornucopias, flowers and foliage, flanked by pairs of engraved lines, in a wide band below the rim; four trailed rings around the lower two-thirds of the body, with four sets of applied pointed ruby-glass (overlaid ?) prunts in sets of four between the trailed rings; angular merese at the base of the bowl; hollow, spirally-ribbed, true-baluster stem, with eight applied pointed ruby-glass prunts in two rows on the sides; cushion knop at the base of the stem; mold-blown domed and terraced foot, with ring of engraved oval dots; polished flat footrim; no pontil mark. (b) High, domed shape, with mold- blown, rounded rim and cylindrical brim; the edge polished flat; two trailed rings on the domed portion, with two sets of six applied pointed ruby-glass prunts between the rings; applied hollow, spirally-ribbed, inverted-baluster finial, with four applied pointed ruby glass prunts; ball finial on short stem and flared base, the ball overlaid with ruby glass; no pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Blanche E. Robinson
