Wineglass with a Birth Scene

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Baroque

Place Made:

Netherlands

Date:

1780-1790

Color

AAT

colorless

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Technique

blown, cut, stipple-engraved

AAT

cut glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 17.4 cm; Rim Diam: 8 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm

Accession Number:

79.3.356

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jerome Strauss

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless lead glass; blown, cut, stipple-engraved. Ovoid bowl, stipple-engraved with a birth scene, with the mother in bed, two nurses nearby, while a third presents the baby to the father, enclosed in an elaborate scrollwork and floral surround; petal and panel cutting at the base of the bowl, merging into hexagonal cutting on the straight stem; conical foot with rough pontil mark.

Provenance

Strauss, Jerome, Source

Exhibitions (2)

Exhibitions

One Dot at a Time

Venue(s)

Steuben Glass, Inc. 1983-04-21 through 1983-05-14

Masterpieces of European and American Glass

Venue(s)

Suntory Museum of Art 1981-10 through 1981-11

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