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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Footed Bowl

1475 - 1525 (made)
Place of origin

Footed bowl, blown glass with enamelled and gilt decoration, Italy (Venice), 1475-1525


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
mould-blown, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Footed bowl, blown glass with enamelled and gilt decoration, Italy (Venice), 1475-1525
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Greatest width width: 25.0cm
conversion size only
Style
Gallery label
The enamelling in the centre of this dish appears to be more clumsy than that on the outside of the dish. An explanation for this is that the disc was painted before the dish had been 'flattened'. It would have been awkward for the decorator to paint the bottom of a high sided vessel.
Object history
Bought from the Castellani Collection
Bibliographic references
  • cf. Hugh Tait, 'Golden Age of Venetian Glass' Cat No.2 Also, Wolf cat.No.2 for shape and general style of decoration. Fitzwilliam Museum, 1978 No.141 Exhibited at 'Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass' Corning, 1958 cat.No.6.
  • Dreier, F.A., ‘Venezianischer Glasexport ins Gebiet des Schwarzen Meeres und in den Nahen Osten 1.Teil' in: Kunst und Antiquitäten (1988), II, p. 38-48, fig. 4, 5
Other number
8361 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
679-1884

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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