Covered Cup

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Object Name: 
Covered Cup
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
79.3.1109
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 11.6 cm, W: D: Diam (max):
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1699
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
360 Image: 

Lidded bowl with Frit Decoration

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Primary Description: 
Covered Cup. Lattimo, with blue, purple, and aventurine specks. Blown; applied, tooled. Cup with cover. Round bowl with fire-polished rim, slightly flattened base, applied foot-ring, and pontil mark. Double-domed lid with flanged rim, surmounted by solid dumbbell knop. Two crimped loop handles are applied to bowl. Vessel and lid are made of opaque white glass decorated with melted-in swirls and spots of blue, purple, and aventurine glass; inside is opaque white; applied foot-ring, knop, and handles are made of opaque white glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss Memorial Foundation, Ruth Bryan, Source
Color: 
opaque white glass
blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
applied decoration
tooling
aventurine glass
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 1; BIB# 149619