Part of a Table Fountain

Object Name: 
Part of a Table Fountain

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Object Name: 
Part of a Table Fountain
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2000.3.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.3 cm; Rim Diam: 13.2 cm; Foot Diam: 11.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Primary Description: 
Part of Table Fountain. Colorless, with grayish tinge; bubbly; opaque yellow. Blown, mold-blown; applied, tooled. Part of table fountain. Shallow mold-blown bowl with flaring rim with applied band of opaque yellow glass; applied to side of bowl, long spout with applied band of opaque yellow glass. Bowl is joined by glue-bit to twisted, flattened mold-blown knop atop inverted baluster stem; attached by glue-bit to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Christie's, Paris, Source
2000-03-28
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
gray
colorless
yellow
Technique: 
mold-blowing
applied decoration
tooling
Material: 
glass