Green blown glass vase, Almeria glasshouse

An image of Vase. Unidentified Almería glasshouse, Spain. The vase stands on a circular, spreading foot, which rises up in the centre into a short hollow stem with a very slight kick inside. The sides of the vase swell gently outwards, and then inwards, before expanding into a wide mouth. Dark green, bubbly glass, blown in two parts (vase and foot), and decorated on the exterior of the body with horizontal trailing, height, goblet, 24.5 cm, diameter, rim, 17.2 cm, diameter, foot, 13.1 cm, circa 1600-1800. 17th or 18th century. Notes: Almería is the capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia, Spain. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Vase. Unidentified Almería glasshouse, Spain. The vase stands on a circular, spreading foot, which rises up in the centre into a short hollow stem with a very slight kick inside. The sides of the vase swell gently outwards, and then inwards, before expanding into a wide mouth. Dark green, bubbly glass, blown in two parts (vase and foot), and decorated on the exterior of the body with horizontal trailing, height, goblet, 24.5 cm, diameter, rim, 17.2 cm, diameter, foot, 13.1 cm, circa 1600-1800. 17th or 18th century. Notes: Almería is the capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia, Spain. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest.

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Accession Number: C.9-1999
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 410.79kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 160
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:09:05 00:15:59

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17th Century 18th Century _WF_Batchelor Almeria glasshouse Andalusian blown glass glass glassware green ribbed ribbing slipware Spanish trailed trailing trails vase

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