Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
79.3.563
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.0 cm; Rim Diam: 8.0 cm; Foot Diam: 8.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Colorless. Blown, mold-blown, tooled. Conical mold-blown bowl formed into 10 lobes, with fire-polished rim; joined by merese to mold-blown (16 vertical ribs) and twisted stem composed of five ball knops and tapered section at bottom; attached by glue-bit [capstan?] to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass