Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
58.3.83
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.9 cm; Rim Diam: 10.5 cm; Foot Diam: 8.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1525-1600
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Colorless, with grayish tinge; very bubbly, few impurities. Applied, gilded. Mold-blown conical bowl is joined by single merese to infolded pedestal foot with pontil mark. Mold-blown design of leaf and tendril pattern. Below rim, frieze of wavy lines flanked by dotted and solid lines, all heightened by gilding. Glass contains bubbles and inclusions.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Phillips, Howard, Source
1958
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
colorless
gray
gold
Technique: 
glassblowing
mold-blowing
gilding
applied decoration
Material: 
gold
glass

Exhibitions (2)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
East Side Winter Antiques Show
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory
 

Publications (3)

Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass (1958) #50; BIB# 63296
Catalogue of English and Continental Glass and Paperweights (1955-12-20) no.110; BIB# 12082
Sotheby Sales Catalogue (1955-12) #110; BIB# 12082