Cup and Saucer (Trembleuse)

Object Name: 
Cup and Saucer (Trembleuse)

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Object Name: 
Cup and Saucer (Trembleuse)
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
53.3.47
Dimensions: 
(A) Cup H: 8.7 cm, Diam (max): 7.3 cm; (B) Saucer H: 4.6 cm, Diam (max): 10.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1700-1800
Web Description: 
The socketed saucer held the cup steady and prevented spillage.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Davis, Cecil, Source
1953
Color: 
aventurine glass
agate
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
aventurine

Description

Primary Description: 
Cup and Saucer (trembleuse). Calcedonio, aventurine. Blown; sprinkled aventurine flakes. Bell shaped beaker with fire-polished rim and applied flat foot-ring; saucer consisting of broad foot tapering upward, with uneven base that curves to shallow plate with curved, fire-polished rim; pontil mark on base. Inside of both parts is greenish blue; outside of saucer is decorated with oval spots of aventurine glass melted into surface.

Publications (3)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking (2019) illustrated, Introduction fig. 11; BIB# 716365
The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619
Aventurine, a Muranese Specialty (2005) illustrated, p. 97, fig. 2;

Objects in Set (2)

Cup (Trembleuse) of Chalcedony Glass
Date:1700-1800
Accession Number:53.3.47 A
Saucer (Trembleuse)
Date:1700-1800
Accession Number:53.3.47 B