Wine glass with blue wings and twisted rod

An image of Drinking Glasses/Wine Glass. Unknown Maker, either Germany (Cassel) or The Netherlands. Clear glass (cristallo) with cup bowl supported on a stem composed of pincered blue wings attached to a twisted rod encasing red and white threads; folded foot. Clear glass, blown bowl, height, whole, 27 cm, diameter, whole, 10.1 cm, circa 1575-1625.

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Drinking Glasses/Wine Glass. Unknown Maker, either Germany (Cassel) or The Netherlands. Clear glass (cristallo) with cup bowl supported on a stem composed of pincered blue wings attached to a twisted rod encasing red and white threads; folded foot. Clear glass, blown bowl, height, whole, 27 cm, diameter, whole, 10.1 cm, circa 1575-1625.

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Accession Number: MAR.C.142-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 478 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 98.73kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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16th Century 17th Century Date German Material Nationalities Netherlandish Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd blown glass blue clear cristallo drinking vessel glass ornate stem twist twisted vessel wine glass wine vessel winged wings

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