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Not on display

Standing Cup

before 1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Salviati & C. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Murano (made)

Such elaborate gobles were intended for display and exhibition. Salviati exhibited a similar goblet at the International Exhibirion of 1878 in Paris.

Object details

Category
Glass
Object type
Standing cup
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cover
  • Goblet
Materials and techniques
Blown glass
Glass
Brief description
Standing cup and cover of coloured glass, by Salviati & Co., Venice (Murano), before 1868
Physical description
Standing cup with cover, intended for display, glass
Dimensions
  • Incl cover height: 53.2cm
Gallery label
STANDING CUP

Salviati & Co.

Manufacturers
Venice (Murano): before

1868

Glass

82-1870

This display piece, imitating Venetian glass of the 1600s, was bought in 1868, probably from the manufacturer. 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 1859, employing the best workmen to make pieces like these 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.
Summary
Such elaborate gobles were intended for display and exhibition. Salviati exhibited a similar goblet at the International Exhibirion of 1878 in Paris.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
82:1 to :2-1870

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Record createdApril 27, 2009
Record URL
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