Opalescent Wineglass
Opalescent Wineglass
Place of OriginItaly, Venice
Dateabout 1700
DimensionsH: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2004.36
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
DescriptionRibbed, mold-blown goblet blown of opalescent glass with cup-shaped bowl, set on a merese above a hollow, tapering stem that is tooled into five ovoid knops of decreasing size followed by a tapering stem section, the whole applied on a basal collar over a spirally-ribbed conical foot.
Published ReferencesEuropean Ceramics, Glass, Silver and Vertu, Sotheby's, London (Olympia), June 29, 2004, p. 121, lot 211.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Glass, Oct. 8 - Dec. 26, 2004.Late 17th century - early 18th century
Late 17th century - early 18th century
Fourth century CE
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
about 1893
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