Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
1876: A Centennial Exhibition
Title Unknown (Arthur A. Houghton Library)
Place Made
Austria, Vienna
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; mold-blown, facet-cut, engraved. (a1,2) Elongated oval shape body; circular polished rim; cylindrical twelve-panel faceted neck swells to twelve-panel faceted shoulder and twelve-panel faceted body tapers to base; body and neck copper-wheel engraved in a Baroque style; cylindrical base with flared rim; base engraved with encircling Baroque style band and rayed lines; copper- wheel engraved on base in the design: " ". (b1,2) Hollow mushroom shape; solid sphere with faceted flared base; curvilinear panel faceted mushroom shape copper-wheel engraved in a Baroque style; hollow tapering shaft; polished rim; unmarked. Provenance
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