Porron

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Object Name: 
Porron
Place Made: 
Spain
Accession Number: 
79.3.910
Dimensions: 
H: 27.1 cm, D: 17.8 cm, W: 32.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1700-1799
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Colorless and opaque white glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979
Color: 
white
colorless
Material: 
glass

Publications (5)

El Porro: de Poblet a Nova York: el llarg viatge de l'atuell catala mes universal (2019-01) illustrated, back cover (left);
New Insights into 17th and 18th century Glass from Portugal: Study and Preservation (2016) illustrated, p. 40 (fig. 2.13, b, right);
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 67; BIB# 96551
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 55, #44; BIB# 33211
Glass Drinking Vessels: From the Collections of Jerome Strauss and The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation: a Special Exhibition, 1955 (1955) p. 110, #275; BIB# 27783