goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromLattimo glass

Date1575-1599

Place MadeItaly, probably Venice

TechniqueBlown, vetro a fili, vetro a retorti

SizeOverall H: 20.7 cm; Rim Diam: 14.2 cm; Base Diam: 10.3 cm

Accession Number70.3.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine

The Yearning for Venetian Glass: Beauty that Traversed Oceans and Time

On ViewGather Gallery

Physical DescriptionGoblet. Colorless, with brownish gray tinge; opaque white. Vetro a fili, vetro a retorti. Conical bowl with fire polished rim; blown, flattened knop joined to bowl and foot by two mereses of colorless glass; blown pedestal foot with pontil mark. Joint of bowl and knop is covered by thick thread of colorless glass. Edge of foot is strengthened by colorless ribbon applied to upper surface.

Bowl, knop, and foot are decorated with vertical bands of opaque white canes (a fili) alternating with twisted cables of six strands (a retorti).
Provenance

Former Collection Edward R. Lubin - 1970