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Islamic-Style Drinking Glass

Islamic-Style Drinking Glass

 
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Object Name: 
Islamic-Style Drinking Glass
Department
Modern
Category
Modern
Maker(s)
Galle, Emile ((French, 1846-1904)), Artist
Cristallerie d'Emile Galle, Studio
Place Made: 
France, Nancy
Date: 
about 1885
Color
Transparent light amber
Dimensions: 
H: 16.6 cm, D (rim): 7.9 cm
Accession Number: 
79.3.775
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Transparent light amber glass, mold-blown, enameled, and gilded. Cylindrical shape, rim slightly flared, top of rim gilt; body consists of three sections of successively smaller diameter, each one separated by a raised rib with enameled dots; four applied raspberry prunts decorate the first and third sections; all sections covered with an enameled islamic design of scrolls and leaves; signed on base: "E Galle/Nancy".
Provenance
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source

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Exhibitions

Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
Publications
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