Guggenheim Cup

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Object Name: 
Covered Goblet
Title: 
Guggenheim Cup
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2013.3.19
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 47.6 cm, Diam (max): 10.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1885
Credit Line: 
Purchased in part with funds from the F. M. Kirby Foundation
Primary Description: 
Covered "Guggenheim" Goblet. Colorless lead glass and light blue glass; blown, tooled, hot-worked, gold foil inclusions. Guggenheim goblet with light blue bowl and foot with gold inclusions and an intricate colorless stem decorated with gold inclusions and three blue center knops. Cover is light blue with gold inclusions and decorated in same motif with intricate colorless, gold and blue design.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Barr-Gardner Associates LTD., Source
2001-02-22
to
2013-12-16
Junck, Rossella, Former Collection
1999
to
2001
Barovier Family (Italian), Former Collection
1885
to
1999
Barry Friedman Ltd., Former Collection
2001
to
2001
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
light blue
gold
Technique: 
glassblowing
tooling
hot-working
Material: 
lead glass
glass
gold leaf

Exhibitions (1)

Antonio Salviati and the revival of the nineteenth-century Venetian art glass
Venue(s)
Musei Civici Veneziani

Publications (9)

Recent Acquisitions (2014) illustrated, p. 13, right; BIB# AI98357
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2013 (2014) illustrated, p. 38 (#24);
Notes: Corning Museum Adds Major Work to Glass, Library Collections (2014) illustrated, p. 382, #17; BIB# AI100158
I colori di Murano nell’ 800 : The Colours of Murano in the XIX Century (1999) illustrated, p. 127, pl. 87; BIB# 65213
Vincenzo Zanetti e la Murano dell'ottocento: catalogo della mostra a cura della Associazione per lo studio e lo sviluppo della cultura muranese (1983) illustrated, p. 103; BIB# 30966
Vetri Muranesi 1875-1914 (1974) illustrated, pp. 159-160, fig. 1; BIB# AI79044
Modern Venetian Glass and it's Manufacture (1890-04) illustrated, p. 208;
Esposizione Italiana di Londra, 1888: Relazione (1888) p. 273;
Glass (1879) illustrated, p. 70; BIB# 28689