Sherbet Glass

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Object Name: 
Sherbet Glass
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
93.3.61
Dimensions: 
H: 14.3 cm, D: 8.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1900-1920
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin S. McCamy
Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent cobalt blue glass; blown, tooled, molded, gilded, etched. Sherbet glass with a baluster stem with two molded knops of cobalt-blue glass on a plain raised foot; the round bowl is decorated with a band of scrolls with fleur-de-lis ornamentation. Thin transparent blue trail around the rim of the bowl and the edge of the foot. Surface treated to imitate weathering.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McCamy, Calvin S., Source
McCamy, Mrs. Calvin S., Source
Color: 
Colorless, transp. cobald blue
colorless
Technique: 
blown, tooled, molded, gilded, etched
tooling
molding
gilding

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 60; BIB# 149619