Alcoholic beverage glass
The glass is complete; a small fragment around the foot is missing. It is in three parts: the bowl, the stem and the foot. The bowl is truncated cone-shaped, with a tapered wall at the bottom and a straight rim with a plain top. The stem is solid, cylindrical and tapered at the bottom. The foot is circular. It has a conical profile and an oblique perimeter. The center of the underside of the foot shows a small trace left by the pontil, a tool used by the glassmaker to make the glass ; The decoration is inserted into the stem (Opaque twist). It consists of a vertical central stem in white opaque glass made of fine twisted wires, which is surrounded by four twisted wires.
- Accession Number 2018.10.815
- Date 1780 c
- Materials colorless half-lead glass from Europe
- Measurements 11,6 x 6,2 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.815
- Date 1780 c
- Materials colorless half-lead glass from Europe
- Measurements 11,6 x 6,2 cm
© © Collection Pointe-à-Callière, fonds Paul-Gaston L'Anglais, 2018.010.0815
Photo by René Bouchard
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