16th & 17th century glass

Wine glass

FH 91

Colourless glass with a strong hint of straw colour
Façon de Venise, possibly Tuscany, France or Spain
Seventeenth century
Height: 13.2 cm, bowl: 8.9 cm,  foot: 7.4 cm
Acquired November 4th, 1981

Wine glass with a trumpet-shaped bowl with a
flat base. Hollow stem of an inverted baluster
under a small round knop with a small cylindrical
upper section. Stem and bowl are connected by
a large merese. Stem and foot are joined by a
merese with a small cylindrical part on top that
surrounds and holds the stem. Conical foot that
becomes less conical one third from the middle.
Small flat, sharp, pontil mark.

Comparanda:
Collection Du Mesnil (Rosenberg 2013, cat.no. 71)
Private collection, Tuscany (Ciappi 1995,
Tav. XXXIV)