Siphon glass
Unknown
17th century · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In the bottom of the glass are the remains of a "surprise" siphon apparatus. This interior element caused an unexpected stream of liquid to escape through a hole in just one of the rings that adorn the hollow sphere set between the bowl and the foot.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Spanish, possibly Catalonia or Dutch
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
