Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Pagliesco Decanter with Rigaree

Artist Societa Salviata & Co. (Italian, 1866 - 1872)

CultureItalian

Date1866-1872

MediumBlown and applied glass

Dimensions9 in. (22.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon

Object number2022.21.15

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DescriptionPagliesco (straw-colored or amber-gray) glass. Trails of same color wrapped horizontally in three places and extending from the base vertically in six stripes, tooled with rippling effect (rigaree). Bulbous body with no foot; tall neck and everted rim. No surviving stopper.
Published ReferencesIllustrated in Sheldon Barr’s Venetian Glass: Confections in Glass, 1855-1914, Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1998, page 53.