Two façon de Venise wine glasses, 17th century

one with a wide conical bowl, set on a hollow double-knopped stem, on slightly domed conical folded foot, the other with flaring octagonal bowl, set on a collar over a hollow inverted baluster wrythen moulded stem, on a conical foot,

The shorter example in the left of the catalogue illustration. The bowl of the glass, slightly cloudy, with a burst bubble at the join with the stem. The example with octagonal bowl in the right of catalogue illustration. The bowl with some minor scattered small bubbles and impurities but in generally good appearance.
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