goblet
Object NameFiligree Goblet
Made FromGlass
Date1575-1625
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueVetro a fili, vetro a retorti, tooling
SizeOverall H: 14.4 cm; Rim Diam: 11.8 cm; Foot Diam: 7.1 cm
Accession Number77.3.54
Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless, with grayish tinge; opaque white. Vetro a fili, vetro a retorti; tooled. Spreading funnel bowl with fire-polished rim, lower part with four constrictions and upper part pinched into four lobes; stem consists of flattened hollow knop between two colorless mereses; joined to blown pedestal foot with infolded edge and pontil mark. Bowl, knop, and foot are decorated by alternating vetro a fili and six ply twisted vetro a retorti canes. Some long bubbles were produced while canes were being assembled for filigrana decoration.Provenance
Former Collection
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1977
