Artwork Details
- Title
- Ewer
- Artist
- Unidentified (ancient Mediterranean)
- Date
- 6th-5th century BC
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 2 5⁄8 × 1 1⁄2 × 1 3⁄4 in. (6.7 × 3.8 × 4.4 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Gellatly
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- core-formed and applied hot-worked glass
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Object — other — dish
- Object Number
- 1929.8.147.3
Artwork Description
Ancient glass beguiled artists and connoisseurs with its rich colors and irregularities--signs of hand workmanship that distinguished these vessels from factory-made glass. For John Gellatly, such imperfections likely added to their value; these were favorites within his vast collection, objects that he allegedly "sat fingering late into the night," according to a reporter at the time of their donation to the Smithsonian Institution.
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, 2021.