Glass home: Venetian-style glass:

Glass object

See large image drinking glass; goblet Accession number: 98.1/9 Collection place: Venice, Italy or London, England Production date: 1501-1665 Material: glass Measurements: H 105 mm; DM (foot) 82 mm Museum Section: Post-Medieval Summary: Goblet lion mask stem and foot. Colourless with dark grey tinge, somewhat bubbled. Part of ? round-funnel bowl base joins merese baluster and hollow, mould-blown inverted baluster stem with opposing lion-masks linked by festoons with gadrooning above and below. The basal merese has been pushed up over the edge of the stem. Complete foot with folded edge and unpolished pontil mark. Found in a brick-lined cellar. Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)

Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED Tel: +44 (0)20 7490 8447 E-mail: ceramics@museumoflondon.org.uk

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