Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cordial glass
Object Number:
1911.67cc
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 9.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass cordial or liqueur glass with pressed base; conical bowl with cut flutes at base and engraved band of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration at mouth, joined by bladed knop to pressed terrace-domed solid square foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
