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Primary Description:
Colorless glass with greyish tinge, bubbles and seeds; opaque white lattimo glass; blown, vetro a fili, applied. Funnel-shaped body, lower end constricted to form a hollow knop as base; rounded shoulder and narrow, waisted neck; rim perhaps trimmed with shears, and fire-polished. Tall, baluster-shaped pedestal foot, plain and undecorated, with outfolded edge and large, rough pontil mark. Body is decorated with spiral vetro a fili; on the widening of its base, applied and cast-off vermicular collar; on funnel portion, eight applied, thin brackets, C-shaped alternating with M-shaped (i.e., applied to body on both ends and in the middle); on shoulder, four spouts pulled up vertically, alternating with applied and pincered crests. Constrictions of filigrana-decorated body with intensive red residue from tooling.
Exhibitions (1)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
Publications (7)
New Insights into 17th and 18th century Glass from Portugal: Study and Preservation (2016)
illustrated, p. 40 (fig. 2.13, a);
Y'oroppa amerika no ant'iku garasu : shiru, kau, kataru, kansh'osura (2002)
illustrated, p. 54;
BIB# 74885
English and continental coloured glass and French glass Paperweights... property of Mrs. Applewhaite-Abbott, Part 4 (1953-06-15)
#654, first item;
BIB# 12090
Glass: A Handbook for the Study of Glass Vessels of All Periods and Countries and a Guide to the Museum Collections (1946)
pl. 39C; p. 145;
BIB# 28326