Catalonian glass cantir with bird finial

An image of Continental glass. Càntir. Pouring vessel for wine. Pale olive-green bubbly glass with opaque white threads, applied blue glass decoration and bird finial. Glass, blown and trailed, height, whole, 28 cm, width, whole, 15.2 cm circa 1740-1760. Production Note: A càntir is a vessel for pouring water. The word derives from the Spanish cántaro, a ceramic jug. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Continental glass. Càntir. Pouring vessel for wine. Pale olive-green bubbly glass with opaque white threads, applied blue glass decoration and bird finial. Glass, blown and trailed, height, whole, 28 cm, width, whole, 15.2 cm circa 1740-1760. Production Note: A càntir is a vessel for pouring water. The word derives from the Spanish cántaro, a ceramic jug. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.205-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 688 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 343.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2018:07:26 00:03:19

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18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor birds blown glass blue cantir Catalan Catalonian continental glass European finial Fitz_AA glass glassware opaque pourer pouring vessel Spanish vessel wine vessel

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