Rare Daumenglas or Thumb Glass c1700

Description

Heading : Daumenglas
Date : 1690-1720
Period : Late 16th or early 17th century
Origin : Germany
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Barrel form with applied trailing and foot string. Four dimples used as finger or thumb holes
Foot : Applied and crimped foot string
Pontil : Sticky ball
Glass Type : Soda
Size : 25.5cm tall and approximately 15cm in diameter at widest
Condition : Excellent  
Restoration : None
Weight : 1019 grams

References : Glass catalog of the Museum Kunstgewerbe Frankfurt 1973. no. 225.

Collection Schaich. No. 122.

Brauser collection. no. 52

R. Rückert. The Glass Collection of the Bavarian National Museum. No. 264ff