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Primary Description:
Transparent blue glass; blown, blobbed, marvered. Pyriform body; rim folded down, over and in; neck splays and merges imperceptibly with body; hollow concave base; two applied handles with crimped extensions at bottom. Body and handles decorated with opaque white, yellow and red blobs, marvered in, and in many cases disfigured by bubbles which have burst.
Exhibitions (6)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Yokohama Museum of Art 1992-10-12 through 1992-12-13

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-02 through 1991-04-14

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.

Glass of the Caesars
Venue(s)
British Museum 1987-11-18 through 1988-03-06
Romisch-Germanisches Museum 1988-04-15 through 1988-10-18
Musei Capitolini 1988-11-03 through 1989-01-31
Corning Museum of Glass

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
Publications (45)
Under the Influence: Drinking Rituals in Iron Age Scotland (2015-02)
illustrated, p. 26 (left);
BIB# AI102525
Fragiles y asombrosos (2014-05)
illustrated, p. 39, upper;
Glass, alcohol and power in Roman Iron Age Scotland (2014)
illustrated, p. 42, col. plate 4 (fig. 3.3.3);
BIB# 141231
vetri a Roma (2012)
illustrated, p. 28, fig. 23;
The Art Museum (2011)
illustrated, Room 61 (3);
BIB# 112082
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 29;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 7;
BIB# 63967
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press, Revised) (1999)
illustrated, p. 226, fig. 88;
BIB# 65713
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997)
pp. 209-210, #361; p. 207; p. 362, #361;
BIB# 58895
La Fenice di Sabbia: Storia e Tecnologia del vetro Antico (1995)
illustrated, p. 117, pl. 198; p. 122, fig. 198; p. 123;
BIB# 39935
History of Glass Crafts (1990-07)
p. 47;
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum, a self-guided tour for children ages 6-10 and their parents (1990)
illustrated, #14;
BIB# 34085
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 44-45, pl. 14;
BIB# 33819
Le Verre des Cesars (1988-02)
p. 22, ill.;
Book of Glass (1986)
p. 28;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 44-45, pl. 14;
BIB# 20953
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957)
illustrated, pp. 92-93, #158;
BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954)
illustrated, p. 17-18, #47, col. pl. on cover;
BIB# 28196
Multimedia (1)

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