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Rock Crystal Tazza
(Baroque Europe )
This type of vessel with a wide cup on a stemmed foot is known as 'tazza'. The object is made of three pieces of carved rock crystal, transparent crystal for the stem and smoky quartz for the cup and foot.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Purchased by Sir Charles Thomas Lucas, London; Sale, Christie's, London, February 13, 1896; purchased by George Robinson Harding, London, 1896; purchased by Raoul Heilbronner, Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.64