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Centerpiece
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      transparent glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 163 mm
    • Inventory:
      302
    • Centerpiece (Inv. 302)

The artichoke-shaped body is decorated with leaves outlined by applied glass threads. The narrow neck swells at the top, opening into a flared mouth. The stem displays a bulge in the middle. There is a lampworked spout. The object was the crowning element of a centerpiece.