Wineglass

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Object Name: 
Wineglass
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
62.3.57
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.3 cm; Rim Diam: 6.6 cm; Foot Diam: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1650
Credit Line: 
Gift of Minnie L. Schuelein
Primary Description: 
Wineglass. Colorless, with grayish green tinge. Blown; tooled. Slightly flared conical bowl with fire-polished rim and thick, solid base; joined directly to blown stem composed of five flattened ball knops, with tapered section at bottom; attached by capstan to shallow, blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Schuelein, Minnie L., Source
1962
Color: 
colorless
grayish green
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 50; BIB# 149619