9 Feb 2017

SPANISH WINE GLASS

SPANISH WINE GLASS

121e-spanish-wine-glass-h-12-5-cm-c-1785

H: 12.5 cm C. 1785

Remarks: Probably from Cataluña the maker of this wine glass took his influence from English wines of similar form.  Of straw tint, the transparent thin-walled bowl is funnel shaped on a hollow baluster stem.  The rippling in the foot shows that it consists of two layers of glass, __with one collapsed upon the other.

Condition: excellent, undamaged

Ref. Frothingham, Spanish Glass, 1960 plate 39A, Philippart, Fragil Transparencia, 3011, P. 142 (ribbed)

Provenance: Collection of J. Anthony Stout