Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
Low Countries
Accession Number: 
79.3.448
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 24.7 cm; Rim Diam: 5.7 cm; Foot Diam: 8.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1575-1625
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
Primary Description: 
Wineglass. Colorless (yellowish) and transparent dark blue non-lead glasses; blown, pattern-molded. Tall conical bowl; mereses above a hollow, ribbed stem of pointed ovoid shape, with two trailed and pincered blue serpentine fins; folded foot with rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
1979
Hearst, William Randolph, Former Collection
Category: 
Renaissance
Baroque
Color: 
Colorless (yellowish), blue
Technique: 
blown, applied
Blown in optic mold

Exhibitions (4)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
A Cup of Kindness
Venue(s)
General Foods Collection Gallery 1984-02-01 through 1984-05-01
 
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1955-06-13 through 1955-10-23