Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.109
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 16.5 cm; Rim Diam: 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1710-1720
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Gray-tinted, colorless lead glass; blown. Bell bowl over a stem composed of a small swelling knop (with air bubble) at top, above a heavy conical knop and a squat true baluster (with air bubble) and a swelling knop at base; domed and folded foot; rough pontil mark on underside.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979-03-22
Color: 
Gray-Tinted, Colorless
Technique: 
blown