Posset Cup

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Object Name: 
Posset Cup
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.76
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.7 cm, W: 12.8 cm, D: 8.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1690-1700
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Large, slightly-flared, round funnel bowl, with molded gadrooning at the base; two applied loop handles, curled at the lower attachments; applied S-shaped spout, pinched at the base; merese and disk above a hollow stem consisting of a ball knop above an inverted baluster and swelling knop at the base; folded, conical foot, rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979-03-22
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
molding
hot-working
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (2)

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650–1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
Venue(s)
Place des Antiquaries 1987-11-18 through 1988-01-31
 

Publications (3)

Glass of the Alchemists: Lead Crystal-Gold Ruby, 1650-1750 (2008) illustrated, p. 178, #27; BIB# 103865
English Glass from the Strauss Collection (1980-04) illustrated, pp. 310-311, fig. 1; BIB# AI7962
English glass, French paperweights, Oriental rugs and carpets, English and continental furniture... (1960-01-15) lot #44; BIB# 7275