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

Lamp

1550 - 1650 (made)
Place of origin
Europe (made)
Italy (made)
Venice (made)

Lamp, blown filigree glass, Italy (Venice) or Northern Europe, 1550-1650


Object details

Object type
Lamp
Materials and techniques
filigree glass (a fili and a retorti)
Brief description
Lamp, blown filigree glass, Italy (Venice) or Northern Europe, 1550-1650
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Greatest width width: 12.0cm
Styles
EUROPE
FACON DE VENISE
Bibliographic references
  • Rogers, M. 1983. Glass in Ottoman Turkey. Istanbuler Mitteilungen Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, 33: 239-267, taf. 62 n. 4
  • R.J. CHarleston, 'The import of Venetian glass into the Near-East: 15th-16th century', in: Annales du 3e Congres des Journees Internationales du Verre: Damas 14-23 novembre 1964 , pp. 158-168, fig 51
Other number
2677 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.19-1965

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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