What is AAT?
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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Description
Primary Description:
Almost colorless glass with almost colorless and transparent deep blue trails; blown, applied. Beaker: roughly cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; mouth shaped like funnel, but slightly distorted; wall tapers, then is straight and descends almost vertically; base plain, with slight kick; irregular pontil mark (1.6x1.2 cm). Applied decoration consists of four blue trails alternating with four colorless trails, all of which are horizontal (from top to bottom): (1) at junction of mouth and wall, one continuous narrow blue trail, with small blob at point of attachment; (2) one continuous colorless trail, with blob at point of attachment; trail was flattened, then pinched into 13 vertical protrusions; (3) as (1), but not perfectly horizontal and with ends of trail overlapping and larger blob; (4) as (2), but with larger blob and 15 pinched protrusions; (5) as (1), but with virtually no blob; (6) as (2), but with 14 protrusions; (7) as (1), but with virtually no blob and trail wound twice around about half of circumference; (8) as (2) wound around junction of wall and base, and with 17 rounded protrusions that point slightly downward.
Exhibitions (1)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery