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Object NameIgel
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1690-1700
Place MadeSilesia
TechniqueBlown, applied, copper-wheel engraved
SizeOverall H: 22.2 cm, Diam (max): 13.8 cm
Accession Number65.3.109
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown, engraved. Globular, cup-shaped bowl, contracted at top to form a short, vertical rim, with drawn hollow stem below, a milled ring trailed at the juncture of the stem and bowl; bowl engraved with a simple foliate border below rim; in the side, crossed branches of foliage surrounding the initial "W:, with large floral sprays on the reverse (one ending in a tulip blossom); folded trumpet foot; rough pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1965
Former Collection
H. Shiftan
Former Collection
Albert Pollak
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