Oinochoe

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910-1987)

Date1965

DimensionsH: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); Base Diam (pad): 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)

MediumOpaque white non-lead glass; Core-formed; applied handle and pad-base; applied marvered threads; tooling marks on the rim and the upperside of the pad-base.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dominick Labino

Object number

1966.122

Not on View

DescriptionOinochoe. Opaque white ground with opaque medium blue decoration. Outsplayed trefoil rim, with rounded edge; short cylindrical neck; ovoid body; convex bottom; outsplayed pad-base with rounded edge. An opaque white strap handle extends from the shoulder to the edge of the rim, rising vertically above the rim. A partly marvered opaque medium blue thread attached to the edge of the rim; another opaque medium blue thread, marvered, wound horizontally twice around the shoulder; another opaque medium blue thread begun at the middle of the body and tooled into two rows of irregular zigzags; below this, another opaque medium blue thread begun on the lower body and wound horizontally three times; finally, a marvered opaque medium blue thread attached at the edge of the pad-base. Opaque white ground with opaque medium blue decoration. Outsplayed trefoil rim, with rounded edge; short cylindrical neck; ovoid body; convex bottom; outsplayed pad-base with rounded edge. An opaque white strap handle extends from the shoulder to the ed

Published ReferencesDominick Labino, "The Egyptian Sand-Core Technique: A New Interpretation," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 8, 1966, pp. 124-127, repr. fig. 5, right.

Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with The Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, repr. p. 392, no. 705.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York : Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.] : National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm., 1994, p. 812, no. 1386.