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"Capriccio" glass
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      transparent glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 165, diameter 43 mm
    • Inventory:
      341/i
    • "Capriccio" glass (Inv. 341/i)

The glass has a bell foot and an ovoid body ending in a sphere with a hook. The top of the body is entirely decorated with small drops and adorned with four crested pincered fins. This specimen of capriccio glassware seems to have been blown in only one piece. It probably formed part of a more complex structure.