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Armorial flask
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Colorless (slightly gray) and opaque white nonlead glass. Blown "vetro a retorti" enameled gilt., Venetian or façon de Venise possibly Saxony
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
Title: Armorial flask
Description:
Colorless (slightly gray) and opaque white nonlead glass.
Blown "vetro a retorti" enameled gilt.
, Venetian or façon de Venise possibly Saxony.
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