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Wine fountain
1790-1810
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England or Ireland; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1975.0017 A- D
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1975.0017 A- D
Object Name
Wine fountain
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England or Ireland; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1790-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: On the bowl above the cylindrical opening
Inscription: Scratched with diamond point, " N 8"
Type: Mark
Location: One side of the center section of the spigot
Inscription: Scratched, "6"
Type: Mark
Location: Base of plug of the valve
Inscription: Scratched, "6"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Cut
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
16.181 (H) x 8.746 (L) x 6.339 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
41.1 (H) x 22.215 (L) x 16.1 (Diam)
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. 86Article: Hummel, Charles F. & Smith, James Morton. 1978 The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Antiques. 93 (6): 1282.
• Published: p. 1282Journal: 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 rhymeBook: Warren, Phelps. 1970 Irish Glass: The Age of Exuberance.
• Example from the Corning Museum: fig. 63, p. 108Catalogue: 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. 14Book: 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