Wine fountain

Museum Object Number 1975.0017 A- D

Object Name

Wine fountain

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Place of Origin

England or Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1790-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; On the bowl above the cylindrical opening; Scratched with diamond point, " N 8"
2. Mark; One side of the center section of the spigot; Scratched, "6"
3. Mark; Base of plug of the valve; Scratched, "6"

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Blown, Cut, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

16.181 (H) , 8.746 (L) , 6.339 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.1 (H) , 22.215 (L) , 16.1 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: pp. 130-131, no. 86
[Article] Hummel, Charles F. & Smith, James Morton. 1978 The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Antiques. 93 (6): 1282.
• Published: p. 1282
[Journal] Journal of Glass Studies. The Corning Museum of Glass
• Published: "Recent Important Acquisitions" 18 (1976): 245, no. 30.
[Book] McConnell, Andy. 2004 The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650. 575.
• Closely-related (not identical) and two other wine fountains: p. 190, pl. 264, one with engraved friendship rhyme
[Book] Warren, Phelps. 1970 Irish Glass: The Age of Exuberance.
• Example from the Corning Museum: fig. 63, p. 108
[Catalogue] Christie, Manson & Woods (Auction catalogue).
• Example of the form in a different design missing its cover and spigot: 11/25/1986, lot 52, "Fine English and Continental Glass and Glass Paperweights"
[Journal] Journal of Glass Studies. The Corning Museum of Glass
• Example of the form in the collection of the Saint Louis Museum of Art: "Recent Important Acquisitions" 30 (1988): 107, no. 14
[Book] McConnell, Andy. 2004 The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650. 575.
• Three glass fountains, one of them inscribed and one resembling Winterthur's: p. 190, pl. 264