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Centerpiece
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      transparent glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 230 mm
    • Inventory:
      86
    • Centerpiece (Inv. 86)

The object—a small bird placed on a baluster stem and round foot—must have belonged to a more complex glass structure, probably a centerpiece. This is suggested by the flared rim opening placed on the bird's head and by the elaborate stems protruding from the body.