Covered Bowl

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Object Name: 
Covered Bowl
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
71.3.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.3 cm, Diam (max): 22 cm; (a) H: 10.1 cm, Rim Diam: 20.1 cm, Foot Diam: 9.5 cm; (b) H: 14.0 cm, Rim Diam: 2.6 cm, Foot Diam: 18.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1600-1799
Primary Description: 
Covered Bowl. Colorless, with brownish tinge. Blown, mold-blown; applied, tooled. Bowl: round, mold-blown (12 ribs), with fire-polished rim; two ear-shaped handles with crimped combs; applied shallow foot. Domed lid is also mold-blown (12 ribs), with flanged, tapering rim; at top, merese joining blown double ball knop.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Bonetti, Giorgio, Source
Color: 
Clear
Technique: 
applied handles

Publications (2)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 50; BIB# 149619
Recent Important Acquisitions, 14 (1972) illustrated, p. 156, #24; BIB# AI97756