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The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More
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Primary Description:
Transparent ruby red non-lead glass; blown, cut, engraved. Tapered, straight-sided form; thick-walled; cut and polished circular facets at the rim and base; polished small circular facets in three vertical rows, ending in clusters of facets like stylized flowers; engraved swags of fruit and flowers in the panels between; the flat bottom with seven circular polished facets in a ring around another, larger, circular facet.
Exhibitions (3)
Alchemy: Magic, Myth or Science?
Venue(s)
Bruce Museum 2009-09-26 through 2010-01-03
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
A Cup of Kindness
Venue(s)
General Foods Collection Gallery 1984-02-01 through 1984-05-01
Publications (5)
Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008)
illustrated, p. 244, #75;
BIB# 103865
Glashuttenarbeit : Bilder aus dem Westfalischen Industriemuseum und dem Museum Baruther Glashutte (2006)
illustrated, p. 9;
BIB# 95698
Rubinglas des Ausgehenden 17. und des 18. Jahrhunderts (revised ed.) (2001)
illustrated, p. 175, fig. 87;
BIB# 71682