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Object NameWineglass

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1600-1650

Place MadeSpain, probably Catalonia

TechniqueBlown, applied (vetro a fili)

SizeOverall H: 17.8 cm; Rim Diam: 14.3 cm; Foot Diam: 7.7 cm

Accession Number60.3.86

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750

Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Such thinly blown glasses with filigree decoration, which recall the shallow drinking tazzas favored in Italy, are typical of Catalan glass production in Venetian style. Since the late middle ages, Catalonia had a prominent tradition in glassmaking. It was influenced by Islamic glass, and later, since the early 15th century, by the example of Renaissance Venice. (see 66.3.58)

Physical DescriptionWineglass. Clear bubbly glass with amber tint; free-blown, with latticinio decoration. Plain slightly irregular spreading foot, very slender pipe-like stem, slightly increasing in diameter upwards; a merese separates the stem from the bowl, the lower part is cylindrical and flares to very wide walls with outfolded rim; opaque white plain latticinio stripes have been applied to the bowl, some don't reach the central bowl.
Provenance

Source Edward R. Lubin - 1960