Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Accession Number: 
79.3.128 D
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.9 cm; Rim Diam: 5.9 cm; Foot Diam: 5.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1930-1950
Credit Line: 
Gift of Otto W. Hilbert
Primary Description: 
Transparent yellowish-green glass; blown (stem and foot made from separate gather); wheel-cut. Wineglass. Bowl has plain rim, which was ground and polished, and vertical wall, which curves in at bottom; narrow, solid stem tapers at top and splays at bottom; foot is low and conical with plain edge and slight concavity on underside; no pontil mark. Bowl is decorated with continuous horizontal band of eleven "Greek key" motifs, 1.6 cm deep.
Provenance: 
Hilbert, Otto, Source