New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Stangenglas

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureVenetian

Date1550-1599

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Base: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)

InscribedMarked on the bottom from an earlier collection: "727" and on a sticker "517".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6734

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 7

DescriptionStangenglas of clear glass. Slightly grayish tapering cylinder. Ornamented with three spiral bands of milled glass threads. The top one of six and a half circle, the middle one of five and a half, and the bottom of six and a half. On a spreading foot with a high kick and folded rim. Many impurities in metal and slightly "sick".