Ale Glass

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Object Name: 
Ale Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.59
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.5 cm; Rim Diam: 5.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1760-1775
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless and opaque white lead glass; blown. Tall round-funnel bowl, with two incised rings near the center; tall, straight stem enclosing a double-series opaque white twist (pair of spiral corkscrews encircling a multi-ply corkscrew); conical foot with folded rim; rough pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Colorless, Opaque White
colorless
Technique: 
blown

Publications (3)

Investing in Georgian Glass (1971) p. 80; BIB# 74772
Collecting Georgian Glass (1971) p. 80; BIB# 87457
Investing in Georgian Glass (1969) p. 80; BIB# 27206