Beaker

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Object Name: 
Beaker
Place Made: 
probably Northern Europe
possibly Netherlands
Accession Number: 
84.3.217
Dimensions: 
H: 8.9 cm, W: 8.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1600-1700
Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent turquoise blue, opaque red, yellow, white non-lead glass; blown, filigree. Ovoid form, of oval cross- section; the thick walls enclosing a jumbled mass of colored filigree rods, with several different opaque white, red and yellow and transparent turquoise blue twists apparent; small colorless disk foot with rough pontil mark on the underside.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Polak, Kunsthandel J., Source
1984-07-05
Color: 
Colorless, turquoise blue, red
colorless
Technique: 
blown, filigree

Publications (1)

Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia (1982) p. 148, #218;