Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
Holland (engraved)
England (glass)
Accession Number: 
79.3.375
Dimensions: 
H: 16.4 cm; D(rim): 6.6 cm, (foot): 7.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1782
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, engraved. Round funnel shape bowl; engraved inscription "DE VEREENDE STAATEN," above two crossed flags (one the American flag, the other the Dutch flag) tied to a lance capped by a liberty hat; stem composed of a multiple- spiral air twist section with central swelling knop, above a teared inverted baluster with small base knop; conical shape foot, rough pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Engraved

Publications (4)

Investing in Georgian Glass (1971) p. 124, center; BIB# 74772
Collecting Georgian Glass (1971) p. 124, center; BIB# 87457
Investing in Georgian Glass (1969) p. 124, center; BIB# 27206
Glass notes illustrated, v. 7, p. 5;