PC-048

(PC-048)

• Region: Possibly Shiraz, Persia.
• Estimated Date of Production: Mid to late 1700s.
• Dimensions: 286 mm in height, 199 mm by 128 mm in circumference.
• Weight: 826 grams.
• Colour: Blue aqua.
• Technique:

  Blowpipe pontilled, freeblown, everted and tooled lip, estimated 14 clockwise turns of glass threading on neck (but almost all are missing).

• Description:

  Very odd larger piece. Thicker glass, multiple levels of internal staining. Relatively wide mouth makes me consider this a contender for a decanter of some sort – to regularly receive liquid that was poured out.

• Built By:
• Provenance: Purchased September 2012 from the Fairbourne Collection.
• Condition: Almost total loss of glass stringing, areas of internal haze, a variety of sizes of internal bubbles. Full external gloss.
• Literature: None.
• Related Works outside of this collection:

  None.