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Object Name:

Wineglass (vetro a reticello)

Place Made:

Italy, Venice

Accession Number:

50.3.68

Dimensions:

Overall H: 16.5 cm; Rim Diam (max): 10 cm; Foot Diam (max): 9.3 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1650-1699

Primary Description:

Wineglass (vetro a reticello). Conical bowl with sides tapering sharply to colorless glass merese atop short, blown cylindrical shank drawn up from large, flattened knop and attached by colorless merese to shallowly flaring pedestal foot with pontil mark. Overall fine reticello diamond lattice (lace) design formed by narrow opaque white canes, with tiny air bubble at center of each diamond.