Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
79.3.1108
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.9 cm, W: 12.6 cm; Rim Diam: 8.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Bowl. Calcedonio. Blown; applied, tooled. Silver mount on foot-ring. Round calcedonio bowl with fire-polished rim, directly applied to shallow, blown foot of opaque brown glass. Bowl is decorated with two applied ear-shaped handles of opaque brown glass with crimped combs; silver ring is mounted on foot; inside is greenish brown.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979
Color: 
agate glass
Technique: 
fire polishing
glassblowing
hot-working
Material: 
glass
silver