Sweetmeat Glass

Sweetmeat Glass

 
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Object Name: 
Sweetmeat Glass
Department
European
Place Made: 
England
Date: 
about 1730-1750
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.4 cm; Top Diam: 11.5 cm
Accession Number: 
68.2.19
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown. Lipped, cup-topped, round funnel bowl; two small mereses above a stem composed of a ball knop containing several small air beads and an angular true baluster, with small knop at base; domed and folded foot; rough pontil mark on underside.
Provenance
Strauss, Jerome, Source
1968-12

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