Goblet

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Object Name: 
Goblet
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
61.3.135
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.6 cm; Rim Diam: 14.6 cm; Foot Diam: 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1550-1600
Primary Description: 
Goblet. Colorless, pale straw glass. Blown. Conical bowl with widely flaring, fire-polished rim ending at bottom in merese that attaches bowl to slender, blown inverted-baluster stem; joined with glue-bit to shallow, blown foot with fire-polished rim and pontil mark.

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Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Rose, James (1899-1975), Source
1961
Color: 
pale yellow
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Beyond Venice: Glass in Venetian Style, 1500-1750
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2004-05-13 through 2004-10-17

Publications (19)

Chihuly: New York Botanical Garden (2017) illustrated, p. 67 (fig. 23); BIB# 169684
The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking (2016) illustrated, Fig. 1; BIB# 149619
El vidrio en la pintura del Museo Nacional del Prado (2012) illustrated, Fig. 56 on p. 72, 171; BIB# 127571
Conservation and Care of Glass Objects (2006) illustrated, p. 129; BIB# 96019
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 26; BIB# 96551
European Glass in the Venetian Style 1500-1750 (2004-08) illustrated, p. 68; BIB# AI63553
Jurors' Choice (2003) illustrated, p. 39; BIB# AI98544
From Cinderella's Slippers to Fiber Optics (2003) illustrated, p. 40; BIB# 75015
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) illustrated, p. 5, #9; BIB# 35681
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 18, #26; BIB# 58995
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 92-93, pl. 38; BIB# 33819
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 51; p. 54, #42; BIB# 33211
Glassworking Techniques: Venice, 1450-1700 (1989) illustrated, p. 48;
Michelangelo & the Sistine Ceiling (1987) illustrated, p. 176; BIB# 112072
Some Pieces You Should See in The Corning Museum of Glass (1984) illustrated, pp. 40-41; p. 40 , fig. 4;
Story of Glass Coloring Book (1981) illustrated, p. 28, top left; BIB# 67749
Le Nouveau Musee du verre a Corning (1980) p. 57, #10;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 92-93, pl. 38; BIB# 20953
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 47, #40; BIB# 21161

Multimedia (1)

Classic Flared Wineglass
Video