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Goblet

1500 - 1525 (made)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Goblet, blown glass with enamelled and gilt decoration, the foot a later replacement, Italy (Venice), 1500-25

Object details

Object type
Goblet
Materials and techniques
mould-blown stem, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Goblet, blown glass with enamelled and gilt decoration, the foot a later replacement, Italy (Venice), 1500-25
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.0cm
  • Greatest width width: 13.5cm
conversion size only
Style
ITALY
Gallery label
The lower part of the stem with the foot is a 19th-century replacement.
Object history
Bought from the Castellani Collection
Production
Cf. G. Mariacher, L'Arte del Vetro, 1954, p. 47, fig. 36, in the Rotschild coll. in Paris. Bowl same shape and with same enamel decoration, only different in details Cf. The 'Weoley Cup' at the Founders'Company, Charleston 1984, pl. 9a; and Waddesdon Manor cat 1977, nrs. 15&16.(incl. further refs, incl cup in Dresden dated 1511)
Bibliographic references
  • Mariacher, Vetri Italiani del '500, 1959, pl. 33
  • Barovier Mentasti, R. and Tonini, C. Murano, chefs-d'oeuvre de verre de la Renaissance au XXIe siecle. Paris: Gallimard, 2013. p.54
Other number
8359 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
674-1884

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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