Covered Cup and Saucer (vetro a retortoli)

Object Name: 
Covered Cup and Saucer (vetro a retortoli)

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Object Name: 
Covered Cup and Saucer (vetro a retortoli)
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
67.3.53
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13 cm; (a) Beaker H: 8 cm; (c) Saucer Diam: 12.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1700
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Covered Cup and Saucer (vetro a retortoli). Colorless, white. Vetro a retorti. Blown; applied. Slightly conical bowl with fire-polished rim and flat base with pontil mark, and domed lid with flanged rim surmounted by colorless merese and blown caned knop, all with vetro a retorti canes. Shallow plate has applied curved, colorless foot-ring.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
1967
Category: 
Renaissance
Baroque
Color: 
white
colorless
Technique: 
vetro a retorti
glassblowing
applied decoration
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619