Clear and blue glass Catalonian cantir with bird finial

An image of Continental glass. Càntir. Pouring vessel for wine. Façon de Venise. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Catalonia. With bird finial. Clear and blue glass, blown, height, 44 cm, width, 23.5 cm, after 1650 to before 1800. 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. Façon de Venise. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Catalonia. With bird finial. Clear and blue glass, blown, height, 44 cm, width, 23.5 cm, after 1650 to before 1800. 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.224-2015
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: 652 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 323.53kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2018:07:26 00:07:46

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17th Century 18th Century _WF_ArtFund _WF_Batchelor askos birds blown glass blue cantir Catalan Catalonian continental glass European facon de Venise finial Fitz_AA glass glassware opaque pourer pouring vessel Spanish vessel wine vessel

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