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.