Pair of Beakers

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Object Name: 
Pair of Beakers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
51.3.316
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1725-1750
Primary Description: 
Pair of Beakers. Sides rise in attenuated ogee from drawn, flaring circular base to fire-polished rim; slightly concave on bottom, with pontil mark. Bright polychrome decoration: at top, inside, blue band just below rim; on outside, two thin blue lines above vertical naturalistic sprays of blue and red flowers and strawberries with shaded green stems and leaves, with parrot perched on stem of one; sprays rise from Persian-style border in blue at bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
1951-01-01
Schreiber, Charlotte, Former Collection
Davis, Cecil, Former Collection
Color: 
multicolored
green
blue
red
Technique: 
polishing
Material: 
glass

Publications (13)

I vetri muranesi settecenteschi dipinti con fiori e uccelli (2014) illustrated, p. 127; BIB# AI100174
I lattimi veneziani smaltati del XVIII secolo e i rapporti iconografici con le incisioni (2007) illustrated, pp. 136-137 fig. 13; BIB# AI74786
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 38; BIB# 63967
A Celebration of Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art (1998) illustrated, p. 32, fig. 5;
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) illustrated, pp. 12-13, #19; BIB# 35681
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 40, #60; BIB# 58995
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 48, #35; BIB# 35679
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 160-161, pl. 72; BIB# 33819
Special Report: The Corning Glass Center (1985) p. 17; BIB# AI14226
Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia (1982) p. 181;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 160-161, pl. 72; BIB# 20953
Treasures in Glass (1966) p. 59, #108; BIB# 28036
46th Annual Theta Charity Antiques Show of Houston illustrated, p. 32; BIB# 31342

Objects in Set (2)

Beaker
Artist:Miotti Glasshouse
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:51.3.316 A
Beaker
Artist:Miotti Glasshouse
Date:1725-1750
Accession Number:51.3.316 B