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Wineglass

Wineglass

 
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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Department
European
Category
19th Century European
Maker(s)
F. & C. Osler ((1807-1922)), Factory
Northwood, John ((1836-1902)), Engraver
Place Made: 
England, West Midlands, Birmingham
Date: 
about 1870
Color
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colorless
Technique
Blown, Cut, Polished, Engraved, Acid-etched
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polishing
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engraving
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cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.3 cm; Rim Diam: 8.4 cm
Accession Number: 
96.2.12 C
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd.
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, polished, engraved, acid-etched. Pointed bowl with cut fluting around the base, a stem consisting of a faceted knop followed by a fluted, flaring stem, and a solid circular foot with a cut star beneath. The bowl is etched with "Apollo and Diana Discharging Their Arrows" after John Flaxman's illustration for the Odyssey of Homer.
Provenance
Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd., Source
1996-08-19

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Publications

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 33, #38, bottom right; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 39 (1997) illustrated, p. 171, #27;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1996 (1997) illustrated, p. 18;

Objects In Set

Claret Jug and 2 Wineglasses
Artist:F. & C. Osler
Date:about 1870
Accession Number:96.2.12
Claret Jug
Artist:F. & C. Osler
Date:about 1870
Accession Number:96.2.12 A
 
Wineglass
Artist:F. & C. Osler
Date:about 1870
Accession Number:96.2.12 B

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