Reliquary Goblet

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Object Name: 
Reliquary Goblet
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
2009.3.94
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.5 cm; Foot Diam: 7.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1700-1799
Web Description: 
The label on this reliquary identify the contents as the bones of saint Victorinus.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Cambi Casa D'Aste, Source
2009-10-15
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass
paper
wood
bone
Inscription: 
S. Victorini Mari
label
: 
Paper label

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, mold-blown stem. Cylindrical bowl with fire-polished rim and flat base with projecting flange; joined by merese and glue bit to second merese atop mold-blown (16 ribs) inverted baluster stem; attached by merese to a shallow blown foot with infolded rim and pontil mark. Domed lid with flanged rim, surmounted by centered raspberry prunt attached by glue bit; lid tied to vessel and sealed. Paper label: “S. Victorini Mari”. Vessels contains two pieces of bone(?).

Publications (4)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619
Jurors' Choice (New Glass Review 32) (2011) illustrated, p. 82, bottom, left; BIB# AI95693
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2009 (2010) illustrated, p. 15, #6; BIB# AI79879
La collezione GM i vetri (2009-09-28) illustrated, p. 57, lot 316; BIB# 116743