Footed Cup or Water Glass

Object Name: 
Footed Cup or Water Glass

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Object Name: 
Footed Cup or Water Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.144
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.6 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1700-1720
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Waisted bowl with slightly flaring rim; spiral threading at rim, band of threading pinched into a chain pattern at the middle, and a rib-molded gather pinched into diamonds ("nipt diamond waies") at base; domed and folded foot decorated with a rib-molded gather, pinched into diamonds ("nipt diamond waies"); rough pontil mark on underside of foot.

More Info

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

Publications (3)

Investing in Georgian Glass (1971) p. 24, right, p. 157 (row 3, 3rd from left); BIB# 74772
Collecting Georgian Glass (1971) p. 24, right, p. 157, row 3, 3rd from left; BIB# 87457
Investing in Georgian Glass (1969) p. 24 (right), p. 157 (row 3, 3rd from left); BIB# 27206