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

Ewer

Manufacturer Unknown

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

CultureEuropean

Date1850-1899

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Base: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Eugen Grabscheid

Object number58.37.18

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DescriptionEwer of blown colorless and white glass. Vetro a reticello with air traps. Tooled foot. Bulbous body and a long neck. Applied colorless rim and rigaree band on the shoulder. Applied matching handle with a colorless rigaree ridge terminating in a flower boss. Rigaree is missing from top of handle. Probably had a stopper originally. For a related piece (perhaps by the same maker) see GEIM.59.2.

Published ReferencesStaatliche Museen, Berlin, Catalog, _Glas Historismus Und Die Historismen Um 1900_, 1977, similar to item 45.