Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
60.3.18
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.6 cm; Rim Diam: 10.1 cm; Foot Diam: 7.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1575-1650
Primary Description: 
Wineglass. Colorless, with yellowish tinge; many minute bubbles. Blown. Conical bowl with widely flaring, fire-polished rim, ending at bottom in spherical bulge; directly attached to slender, blown stem tapering downward; joined by capstan to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1960
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Former Collection
1960
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
colorless
yellow
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619