Carafe and Stopper

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Object Name: 
Carafe and Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Baccarat
Accession Number: 
97.3.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 34.9 cm, W: 12.6 cm, D: 10.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1878
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, engraved, acid-etched.a) Ovoid body tapering cylindrical neck, which flares to high pinched spout, applied scroll handle, cushion knop, circular domed foot with under turned folded rim. Body engraved with formal scroll enturned with serpents flanking cornucopial, above a band of arched flutes. b) Stopper. Ovoid finial engraved

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd., Source
1997-01-27
Category: 
19th Century European
World's Fairs/Expositions
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
engraving
acid-etching
applied decoration
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
1987.F.3
mark
: 
ink b) bottom of shank
1987.F.3
mark
: 
ink a) bottom of foot

Publications (3)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 25; BIB# 63967
Recent Important Acquisitions, 40 (1998) illustrated, pp. 152-153, #30, right; BIB# AI40492
European Ceramics and Glass (1996-11-19) illustrated, Lot 553; BIB# 17488