Facon de Venise Wine Glass Stem

One English glass wine inverted stem/baluster in the Facon de Venise style with a greenish tint. The non-leaded glass quatrefoil stem is hollow and has an enclosed tear. The glass probably dates to before 1690.

• Object number

  882.94

• Color

  Green

• Animals/objects

  wine glass

  Stemware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Tableware

  Drinking Vessel

• Material

  Glass, Non-Lead

• Context

  Lot 8, Test Cut AQ2, Lovelace Tavern, Subsoil, Strata VII (544.882)

• Forms

  Quatrefoil Stem

  Inverted Baluster Stem

• Techniques

  Mouth Blown