On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tazza

1550 - 1600 (made)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Tazza, blown filigree glass, probably Italy (Venice), 1550-1650

Object details

Object type
Tazza
Materials and techniques
filigree glass (a retorti and a fili)
Glass
Glass-Blowing
Filigree (Glass)
Brief description
Tazza, blown filigree glass, probably Italy (Venice), 1550-1650
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.1cm
  • Greatest width width: 14.7cm
Style
EUROPE
Credit line
W. H. Cope Bequest
Bibliographic references
  • Cf. R. Barovier Mentasti, Il vetro veneziano, 1982, afb. 88; H. Tait, The Golden age of Venetian glass, afb. 97 (Slade Coll.)
  • Theuerkauf-Liederwald, Catalogue Coburg 1994, no. 259, colour ill. p. 393
Other number
8412 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
597-1903

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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