Goblet
1866-1868 (made)
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19th-century Murano goblet with ruby glass bowl and aventurine (translucent glass with sparkling inclusions of gold-, copper-, or chromic oxide-powder) in the stem, imitating Venetian glass of the 1600s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ruby glass bowl, aventurine inclusions in stem |
| Brief description | Goblet, Italy (Venice, Murano), made by Salviati & C., 1866-1868 |
| Physical description | 19th-century Murano goblet with ruby glass bowl and aventurine (translucent glass with sparkling inclusions of gold-, copper-, or chromic oxide-powder) in the stem, imitating Venetian glass of the 1600s. |
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| Object history | This display piece, imitating Venetian glass of the 1600s, was bought in 1868, probably from the manufacturer. |
| Historical context | The Venetian glass industry had declined by about 1800, but was revived in the 1860s. The lawyer Antonio Salviati founded a glasshouse with English backing in 1866, employing the best workmen to make pieces imitating glass produced in Venice between 1500 and 1700. These were much admired, particularly in Germany and in England, where the writer John Ruskin condemned the fashion for cut glass because it obscured the ductile nature of the material. |
| Production | The lawyer Antonio Salviati founded his own blowing furnace in 1866. |
| Other number | 9394 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | 882-1868 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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