Goblet
ca. 1903 (made)
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In the late 19th century and early 20th, several Venetian glass workshops and factories specialised in the production of handmade glass in the 'traditional Venetian style'. In some cases they copied existing historic examples very closely. Sometimes their work was so successful that it was soon being sold in antiques markets. This goblet was closely copied from a fragmentary beaker that came to light when the campanile, or bell-tower, in St Mark's Square in Venice collapsed in 1902. This copy was made in the following year by 'The Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd' with the intention to supply it to ‘Museums, Collectors and others wishing to posses an interesting relic of the Campanile of St Mark’. It was indeed bought by the V&A in 1903 for that very reason.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled glass |
| Brief description | Goblet, Italy (Venice), made by The Venice and Murano Glass Co. Ltd., 1903 |
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| Gallery label | This so called 'Campanile cup' is a copy of an early 16th-century glass, of which fragments were recovered in the ruins of the St. Marco Campanile in Venice in 1902. |
| Summary | In the late 19th century and early 20th, several Venetian glass workshops and factories specialised in the production of handmade glass in the 'traditional Venetian style'. In some cases they copied existing historic examples very closely. Sometimes their work was so successful that it was soon being sold in antiques markets. This goblet was closely copied from a fragmentary beaker that came to light when the campanile, or bell-tower, in St Mark's Square in Venice collapsed in 1902. This copy was made in the following year by 'The Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd' with the intention to supply it to ‘Museums, Collectors and others wishing to posses an interesting relic of the Campanile of St Mark’. It was indeed bought by the V&A in 1903 for that very reason. |
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| Other number | 9401 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | 531-1903 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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