Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Place Made: 
possibly Italy
Accession Number: 
73.3.5
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.6 cm, D (max.): 7.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1500-1600
Primary Description: 
Pitcher. Translucent green, lattimo. Blown; applied, tooled. Globular body with cylindrical neck with flaring rim and pinched spout, trailed ribbon of opaque white glass around rim, and crimped opaque white thread around neck; applied opaque white handle; applied opaque white foot-ring; conical kick on underside of base, with pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Bonetti, Giorgio, Source
Color: 
opaque white glass
translucency
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass