Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
possibly Netherlands
possibly England
Accession Number: 
97.2.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.9 cm, Diam (rim): 9.3 cm, Diam (foot): 9 cm.
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc.
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with slight brownish tinge, and seeds; blown. Straight-sided, funnel-shaped bowl with furnace-opened rim and solid base; joined with merese and disc to “propeller” stem, of inverted baluster outline, pincered into four lobes with a waffle-patterned tool; joined with merese to blown foot with rough pontil mark. Round paper label on base of Mallett & Son Ltd, printed “MALLETT,” handwritten “W,” in different ink “GK(?)101”. Very thin and light glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Wunsch Foundation Inc., Former Collection
1997-06-05
Category: 
Facon de Venise
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, tooled