Covered Jar

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Object Name: 
Covered Jar
Place Made: 
probably Italy, Venice
possibly Low Countries
Accession Number: 
54.3.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 33 cm, Diam (max): 15.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
probably 1570-1600
Primary Description: 
Covered Jar. Colorless, with grayish tinge; opaque white. Blown; vetro a fili, vetro a retorti. Slightly waisted cylindrical bowl with very slightly flaring, fire-polished rim and rounded base, joined by colorless merese to blown flattened knop; this is joined by small merese to pedestal foot with infolded edge and pontil mark. Flanged, domed cover culminating in flattened, hollow knop surmounted by solid dumbbell finial of colorless glass. Pontil mark of filigrana glass inside. Bowl, stem, foot, and cover are decorated with vertical vetro a fili canes alternating with vetro a retorti canes. Constriction below hollow knop on cover shows traces of red residue (from tooling with metal jacks).

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Blumka Gallery, Source
1954
Category: 
Renaissance
Color: 
colorless
opaque white glass
gray
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (2)

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Park Avenue Armory 2009-01-23 through 2009-02-01
The 55th Annual Winter Antiques Show
Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17
 

Publications (10)

Altes Glas ([1951]) illustrated, p. 66, #144; BIB# 18799
The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619
The Story of Crystal (1998) illustrated, Venetian chapter; BIB# 85420
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, pp. 44-45, #48; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, pp. 44-45, #48; BIB# 27582
Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass (1958) #66; BIB# 63296
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) illustrated, pp. 44-45, #42; BIB# 27746
Art in Glass (1955) p. 142;
Three Centuries of European Glass (1955) p. 59;
La Collection Spitzer: Antiquite, Moyen Age, Renaissance. Tome 3 (1891) #1978, pl. XLIX; BIB# 29829