Spanish Cantir with White Trails from Catalonia

44E Cantir with Filigrana from Catalonia of Allaire Collection

 

Cantir of yellowish glass decorated with opaque white trails called vetro a fili. Glassmakers in Catalonia, Spain were producing decoration of this type from the middle of the 16^th into the 17^th Century.

H: 19 1/2 cm

D: 2^nd half of 16^th to early 17^th Century