Cordial Glass

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Object Name: 
Cordial Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.65
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.6 cm; Rim Diam: 4.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1710-1730
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown. Round funnel bowl with flared rim, solid at the base; disk merese above tall stem with central swelling angular knop, enclosing a large air bubble, ball knop at the base; conical foot; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown

Exhibitions (2)

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
Venue(s)
Place des Antiquaries 1987-11-18 through 1988-01-31
 

Publications (4)

Y'oroppa amerika no ant'iku garasu : shiru, kau, kataru, kansh'osura (2002) illustrated, p. 57; BIB# 74885
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 84, second from left; BIB# 68214
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 36, #54; BIB# 58995
English Glass from the Strauss Collection (1980-04) illustrated, pp. 311-312, fig. 2; BIB# AI7962