Ewer

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Object Name: 
Ewer
Place Made: 
Spain, Catalonia
Accession Number: 
2015.3.24
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21.7 cm, W: 16.4 cm, D: 10.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1600-1725
Credit Line: 
Gift of Timothy Husband in memory of Ruth Blumka
Primary Description: 
Ewer. Colorless glass; blown, applied, hot-worked. Colorless vessel with folded rim, applied conical foot with folded bottom edge, applied spout, and two applied handles (one attached to side of vessel and one attached to top of vessel). Handle attached to side of vessel decorated with applied fins, terminating in hot-worked wave-like form at base. Handle attached to top of vessel decorated with similar applied fins and larger hot-worked flower with leaves and stem.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Husband, Timothy, Source
2015-12-10
Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied
hot-working
Material: 
glass