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drinking-glass
1575/1625
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Drinking-glass; very thin and light; stem in form of hunchback dressed in trunk hose, figure blown into a mould and hollow, but not communicating internally with the bowl; stands upon two scrolls; details in blue, white and green glass, with gilding.
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Details
- Title: drinking-glass
- Date Created: 1575/1625
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 30.50cm; Diameter: 12.00cm (base); Diameter: 8.50cm (rim bowl); Height: 6.00cm (bowl); Width: 11.00cm (figure)
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: gilded; mould-blown
- Registration number: WB.58
- Production place: Made in Venice
- Material: glass; gold
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
- Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm
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