English Ale Glass

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Object Name: 
Ale Glass
Title: 
English Ale Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
73.2.17
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1690
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; blown, mold-blown, pattern-molded. Conical bowl with a second gather over the lower half, molded with spiral ribbing, and ending in a flammiform edge; merese above a short stem, the upper part pincered into five waffle-patterned wings; conical, folded foot; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1973-12-27
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
mold-blowing
molding
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (1)

The England of William Penn, 1644-1718
Venue(s)
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University 1982-09-08 through 1982-10-31

Publications (1)

The England of William Penn, 1644-1718 (1982) p. 63; BIB# 22536