goblet

Object NameFiligree Goblet

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1575-1699

Place MadeItaly, Venice

TechniqueMold-blown, facon de Venise, vetro a fili, vetro a retorti

SizeOverall H: 13.8 cm; Rim Diam: 9.9 cm; Foot Diam: 6.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.458

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

A Cup of Kindness

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Physical DescriptionFiligree Goblet. Colorless, with grayish tinge; lattimo. Mold-blown, vetro a fili, vetro a retorti. Goblet. Bell shaped bowl with fire polished rim and base mold blown with five registers of drop shaped bosses; flattened hollow knop between colorless mereses; pedestal foot with infolded edge and pontil mark. Bowl, knop, and foot are decorated with spiral opaque white canes; opaque white bands (a fili) alternate with twists (a retorti) of two kinds, one with six strands and the other with four.
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Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978)

Source Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

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