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Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole

© Laurianne Kieffer (Musée de La Cour d'Or-Eurométropole de Metz)

Blown cup molded on a serpentine leg formed of a twisted glass tube and glass fins. "The delicate use of glass as illustrated by these two legs once again evokes a Venetian style of manufacture. Although the excavations in Messina have only revealed two examples, the numerous discoveries in other European cities seem to indicate that the use of these drinking glasses was not only reserved for the table of wealthy families."

Where to find it

Metz [57] Le musée de La Cour d’Or-Metz Métropole
2, rue du Haut-Poirier

57000 METZ

Commune of discovery

Metz

Locality

12 rue des Clercs

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1984

Chief Scientist

Eric Verdel

Inventory number

2011.0.139

Scope

Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Glass

Chronological period

Modern period [1492 / 1789]

Dating the object

17e S.

Dimensions

H. 8 cm,