Catalonian glass cantir with bird finial

An image of Continental glass. Càntir. Pouring vessel for wine. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Catalonia. Pale yellowish bubbly glass with opaque white threads, applied blue glass decoration and bird finial. Height, whole, 27.8 cm, width, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1700-1750, possibly late 17th century. Production Note: A càntir is a vessel for pouring water. The word derives from the Spanish cántaro, a ceramic jug. This form is one of several typical of Catalonian glass production. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Continental glass. Càntir. Pouring vessel for wine. Unknown glasshouse, Spain, Catalonia. Pale yellowish bubbly glass with opaque white threads, applied blue glass decoration and bird finial. Height, whole, 27.8 cm, width, whole, 17.3 cm, circa 1700-1750, possibly late 17th century. Production Note: A càntir is a vessel for pouring water. The word derives from the Spanish cántaro, a ceramic jug. This form is one of several typical of Catalonian glass production. Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund.

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Accession Number: C.206-2015
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 788 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 389.59kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2018:07:24 22:50:19

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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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