goblet
Object NameWineglass
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1700
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueMold-blown, applied, tooled, blown
SizeOverall H: 18 cm; Rim Diam: 10.8 cm
Accession Number2000.3.14
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionWinged Goblet. Colorless, with grayish brown tinge; translucent turquoise blue, lattimo, yellow. Blown, mold-blown; applied, tooled. Bucket-shaped bowl with flaring, fire-polished rim, and flat base with applied wavy band on perimeter; attached by merese and glue-bit to mold-blown stem consisting of four flattened and graduated (largest on top) ball knops atop inverted baluster; joined by glue-bit to shallow, blown foot with fire-polished rim and pontil mark. Stem is decorated with two ear-shaped and zigzag wings of blue glass, with trailed-on and pincered colorless glass mirroring zigzag shape of blue glass and pulled down toward foot as “legs.” Two flowers with seven curved petals of opaque white glass and yellow-topped pistils are applied to second ball knop between wings. Ring, gilded with gold leaf, applied to underside of foot about 0.6 cm inside rim.Provenance
Source
Christie's, Paris
- 2000-03-28
about 1500-1550
about 1550-1600
about 1875-1895
1500-1525
1575-1625
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