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Gentile

Goblet
1992-1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Venini (manufacturers)
Mendini, Alessandro (designers)
Place of origin
Murano (made)

Glass goblet with hand-blown ovoid bowl, beaded stem and domed foot. The bowl is of clear colourless glass, with ribbed stem and base in yellow and black glass, called 'Rigadin' finish by maker.


Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Goblet
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Wine Glass
  • Box
Titles
  • Gentile (manufacturer's title)
  • Bicchieri in Scena (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Glass, ribben, hand-blown, 'Rigadin' finish
Glass
Hand-Blown
Brief description
Glass 'Gentile' goblet with wooden presentation box, from the series 'Bicchieri in Scena', hand-blown, designed by Alessandro Mendini for Venini S.p.A, Murano, 1992-3
Physical description
Glass goblet with hand-blown ovoid bowl, beaded stem and domed foot. The bowl is of clear colourless glass, with ribbed stem and base in yellow and black glass, called 'Rigadin' finish by maker.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.6cm
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Venini A Mendini 1993 P.d.A. XII / XXX' (Maker's mark, incised)
  • 'Venini Murano Made in Italy' (Printed plastic label)
Gallery label
Goblet Gentile, from the series Bicchieri in Scena, ribbed stem and base, called 'Rigadin' finish by maker Italy, Venice (Murano), 1993 designed by Alessandro Mendini, for Venini S.p.A Gift of makers (C.34 :1,2-1994) The series is a three-year event and this example and its two companions, the first in the series, are the designs for 1993 .(18/06/2009)
Credit line
Given by the makers
Object history
The series is a three-year event and this example and its two companions, the first in the series, are the designs for 1993. Shape 350.02.
Associated objects
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.34:1, 2-1994

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Record createdJune 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O250025/gentile-goblet-mendini-alessandro/
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