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Object NameTazza with Medici Arms
Made FromGlass, Gold, Enamel
Date1513-1534
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueBlown, gilded, enameled, mold-blown
SizeOverall H: 4 cm; Rim Diam: 25.1 cm
Accession Number57.3.44
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
A Fortune in Fantasy: A Treasury of Rare Decorative Arts
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive Notes
The coat of arms of the Medici family is combined with crossed keys and a papal tiara. This combination indicates that the arms belonged to a Medici pope, either Leo X (1513-1521) or Clement VII (1523-1534).
Physical DescriptionTazza. Colorless; very bubbly. Blown, mold-blown; enameled, gilded. Shallow bowl with flaring, outfolded rim. Second gather applied to center, mold-blown (12 ribs swirling to left), and gilded; gilded band on exterior below rim, consisting of scales, is decorated with enameled dots in blue and red white, accompanied on both sides by white dots; on inside at center, coat of arms of Medici family of Florence crowned by papal tiara with crossed keys, rendered in yellow, red, blue, and white enamel paints.
Provenance
Source Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965) - 1957
fragment
fragment
1275-1299
fragment
fragment
1200-1299
ewer
ewer
about 1550-1600
Humpen
Humpen
1654-possibly 1899
Kurfürstenhumpen
Kurfürstenhumpen
1875-1900
fragment
fragment
about 1250-1300