Cup

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Object Name: 
Cup
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
79.3.1111
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.2 cm, D(rim): 7.2 cm, (foot): 3.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1600-1799
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Cup. Calcedonio, aventurine. Blown. Cup. Bell-shaped beaker with fire-polished rim and applied shallow foot with pontil mark. Outside of calcedonio bowl has generous aventurine spots; inside is greenish brown.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Color: 
agate glass
agate glass
Technique: 
aventurine glass
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated BIB# 149619
Aventurine, a Muranese Specialty (2005) illustrated, p. 97, fig. 2;