Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

Serpent-Stemmed Façon De Venise Goblet

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 17th - early 18th century

MediumBlown and applied glass

Dimensions14 7/8 × 4 × 3 3/8 in. (37.8 × 10.2 × 8.6 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Glass Purchase Fund

Object number2000.9.2A

Terms

Drinking
Serpent
White
Turquoise
Baroque

Collections

Glass Art

On View

On view

DescriptionThis is a colorless, transparent turquoise, and opaque white glass, blown, trailed, and pincered. The large ovoid bowl is supported on a three-part stem. The center section consists of an elaborately coiled two-headed serpent with trailed and pincered turquoise jaws, combs, and fins (with a waffle pattern), the body in a pretzel-like shape formed with a continuous glass rod enclosing opaque-white filigree with a hint of pale turquoise. The high domed cover (2000.9.2B) has a knopped finial.