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Chalice with fins
This chalice features a hemispherical cup and a distinctive baluster stem with a smooth knop on a large round foot. The foot is adorned with three smooth fins carrying clear glass buttons. Similar cup shapes and fin motifs (often crested) are found in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century glassware of [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Decorative art
- decorative arts (discipline)
Type of item
- Scientific glass
- scientific instruments
Medium
- transparent glass
- Glass
- glass (material)
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Decorative art
- decorative arts (discipline)
Type of item
- Scientific glass
- scientific instruments
Medium
- transparent glass
- Glass
- glass (material)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- late 16th cent. - early 17th cent.
- 1620
- 1581
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:409049
Extent
- height 175 mm, diameter 136 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
- Cimento Academy collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/multimedia/AccademiaCimento.html
Year
- 1620
- 1581
Providing country
- Italy