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Posset Pot with Raven's Head Seal

Posset Pot with Raven's Head Seal

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Object Name: 
Posset Pot with Raven's Head Seal
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Baroque
Place Made: 
England, London
Date: 
about 1676-1677
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
glassblowing
AAT
applied decoration
Material
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lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.8 cm, W: 13 cm, D: 9 cm
Accession Number: 
79.2.74
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Location: 
On Display
Description
Double Handled Posset Cup. Colorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Straight-sided bucket bowl with rounded, gadrooned base; pair of applied loop handles with curled attachments at the bottom; applied S-shaped spout with applied raven's-head impressed seal at the base; rough pontil mark.
Provenance
Strauss, Jerome, Source to 1979-03-22
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23
The England of William Penn, 1644-1718
Venue(s)
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University 1982-09-08 through 1982-10-31
 
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Yokohama Museum of Art 1992-10-12 through 1992-12-13
Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
 
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery
Glass of the Alchemists (2008) illustrated, p. 172, #21; BIB# 103865
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 82, #76; BIB# 35679
English Glass from the Strauss Collection (1980-04) p. 310, fig. 1;
Important Acquisitions from the Strauss Collection (1980) illustrated, p. 109, #33;
George Ravenscroft: New Light on the Development of His 'Christalline Glasses' (1968) p. 167, #G. 1;
George Ravenscroft and His Contributions to English Glassmaking (1967-12) p. 825, #6;
Some Pre-Ravenscroft Glasses (1950-05) p. 88, #1;
Annus Mirabilis (1949-12) p. 16, #27;

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