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

Ewer

1500-1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Ewer, calcedonio glass, Italy (Venice), 1500-1525


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Images Online
Glass
Containers
SCRAN
Object type
Ewer
Materials and techniques
Chalcedony glass, blown, with added spout, handle and foot
Glass
Glass
Agate Glass
Glassblowing
Brief description
Ewer, calcedonio glass, Italy (Venice), 1500-1525
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Maximum width: 19.5cm
conversion size only
Style
ITALY
Object history
Bought from the Bernal Collection.
Bibliographic references
  • for the form of this glass in the same material see Schmidt (R.) 'Das glas' (2ed Berlin and Leipzig, 1922) Abb.48 p.83
  • Baumgartner, E., Reflets de Venise, Gläser des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in Schweizer Sammlungen, Exh.cat. Vitromusée, Romont, 2015, cat.1, pp. 33-37, for a similar jug, with further references.
Other number
8440 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1828-1855

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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