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Object NameFooted Dish (vetro a retortoli)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1575-1650
Place MadeItaly, Venice
TechniqueVetro a retorti
SizeOverall H: 14.2 cm; Rim Diam: 17.7 cm; Foot Diam: 9 cm
Accession Number61.3.139
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Renaissance Venice: Life and Luxury at the Crossroads
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionFooted Dish (vetro a retortoli). Colorless, with grayish tinge; opaque white. Vetro a retorti. Shallow bowl worked into eight lobes, with fire-polished rim and ribbon of colorless glass applied to bowl at half height; joined by colorless glue-bit to symmetrical blown stem consisting of central spherical knop between two smaller knops, all worked from same piece of glass; joined by colorless glue-bit to blown pedestal foot with infolded edge and pontil mark.Bowl, stem, and foot are decorated a retorti with alternating twists of two kinds. Cast off bands around bowl sinks into walls, thus showing relief on both exterior and interior; filigrana decoration is very accomplished; all threads end in center. Lobes are very regular.
Provenance
Source
Blumka Gallery
- 1961
