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Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, was one of the many regions of Renaissance Europe where glass was made in the Venetian style. Beginning in the late 15th century, Catalan glassmakers produced a wide variety of glassware, much of which had applied, enameled, or engraved decoration. This handsome ewer was made in Catalonia around 1500. It was decorated by adding a second gather and inflating it in a mold to form 18 vertical ribs, which were pinched together to form a pattern of diamonds. After this, a trail of white glass was wound around the ribs. The trail melted into the ribs but, when the gather was further inflated, it broke over the gaps, leaving a pattern of white spots.