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Goblet

Goblet

  • Place of origin:

    Hall in Tirol, Austria (possibly, made)
    Venice, Italy (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    1575-1600 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Filigree glass (a reticello)

  • Credit Line:

    Bernal Collection

  • Museum number:

    1816-1855

  • Gallery location:

    Glass, room 131, case 8, shelf 1

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This tall goblet is made of filigree glass in a network pattern or a reticello. The glass maker made the pattern by incorporating opaque white glass 'canes' into the colourless glass during the glass blowing process. Glass workers prepared the canes in advance by drawing out a blob of molten glass to form a long thread. This thread would cool very quickly after which the glass worker could break it into short sections.

Place of Origin

Hall in Tirol, Austria (possibly, made)
Venice, Italy (possibly, made)

Date

1575-1600 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Filigree glass (a reticello)

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 15.3 cm

Descriptive line

Goblet, Austria (Hall-in-the-Tyrol) or Italy (Venice), , 1575-1625, 1816-1855 .

Exhibition History

Art Treasures in Manchester: 150 years on (Manchester Art Gallery 06/10/2007-27/01/2008)

Categories

Drinking

Collection code

CER

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