Goblet
1575-1600 (made)
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This tall goblet is made of filigree glass in a network pattern or a reticello. The glass maker made the pattern by incorporating opaque white glass 'canes' into the colourless glass during the glass blowing process. Glass workers prepared the canes in advance by drawing out a blob of molten glass to form a long thread. This thread would cool very quickly after which the glass worker could break it into short sections.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Filigree glass (a reticello) |
| Brief description | Goblet, blown filigree glass 'a reticello', Austria (Hall-in-the-Tyrol) or Italy (Venice), 1575-1625 |
| Physical description | Tall, trumpet-shaped goblet, the stem a hollow knop, trumpet-shaped foot. Made of filigree glass 'a reticello' (network). |
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| Object history | Bought from the Bernal Collection. |
| Summary | This tall goblet is made of filigree glass in a network pattern or a reticello. The glass maker made the pattern by incorporating opaque white glass 'canes' into the colourless glass during the glass blowing process. Glass workers prepared the canes in advance by drawing out a blob of molten glass to form a long thread. This thread would cool very quickly after which the glass worker could break it into short sections. |
| Other number | 8380 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1816-1855 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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