Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
probably Switzerland
Accession Number: 
67.3.28
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.8 cm, Diam (rim): 8 cm, Diam (foot): 7.9 cm.
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1700
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Wing
Primary Description: 
Wineglass. Colorless glass with brownish-grey tinge, with large inclusions (non-molten batch), but few bubbles; opaque white canes; blown, filigrana. Straight-sided, conical bowl with solid base, joined by merese and glue-bit to hollow-blown capstan stem with embedded, close-set opaque-white threads. Joined with merese to rising, blown foot with same white threads in spiral formation, and coarse, rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Wing, Winthrop, Source
1967
Wing, Mrs. Winthrop, Source
1967
Category: 
Facon de Venise
Color: 
Colorless, smokey
colorless

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking (2019) illustrated, Switzerland, Swiss goblet; BIB# 716365