Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Place Made: 
Spain, Andalusia, probably Almeria
Accession Number: 
79.3.600
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.1 cm, W: 12.7; Rim Diam: 8.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1700-1850
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Web Description: 
Glassmaking in Almería dates back at least to Muslim times. The glassworks produced deep-colored, thick-walled glass. Its Baroque forms had no stylistic links to Venice, but nevertheless the glass became very popular in Spain. The same shapes continued throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, and many of them persisted into the 19th century.

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Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
1979
Color: 
Transp.light yellow,dark brown
dark brown
Technique: 
blown, cased, applied

Description

Primary Description: 
Transparent light yellow, dark brown non-lead glass; blown, cased, applied. Cylindrical, straight-sided form, of yellowish glass, with a second gather of brown glass reaching nearly to the rim; applied hollow loop handle, curled at the lower terminal; conical bottom; with rough pontil mark.

Exhibitions (1)

Curiosities of Glassmaking
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2007-04-01 through 2007-10-21
West Bridge Show

Publications (1)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750 (2004) illustrated, p. 110, fig. 27; BIB# 79761