goblet

Object NameGoblet

Made FromLattimo glass

Date1675-1725

Place MadeItaly, probably Venice

Techniqueblown, applied (vetro a reticello)

SizeOverall H: 13.2 cm; Rim Diam: 10.2 cm; Foot Diam: 8.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.173

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

On ViewGather Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless glass with slight greyish tinge; opaque white lattimo threads; blown, vetro a reticello. Hemispherical bowl with fire-polished rim; joined by thin, plain cap and plain merese to hollow stem composed of small globular knop above and inverted baluster below, blown in one part; joined by merese to slightly rising foot with rough pontil mark. Bowl and foot decorated in vetro a reticello, with bubbles between the lattimo canes; stem decorated with thin, almost vertical lattimo threads in two layers, with few accidental bubbles. Below foot inscription “2,” in white enamel.
Provenance

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation - 1979

Former Collection Viktor Schick - 1939
sold 1939

Former Collection Max Strauss