Covered Goblet
Manufacturer
Unknown
Dateca. 1900-1950
MediumBlown and tooled glass with applied parts and gilt
Dimensions32 in. (81.3 cm)
Base: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Base: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Marjory S. Strauss
Object number81.44
Terms
- Green
- Opal
- Aventurine
- Colorless
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On viewLabel TextVenetian Covered Goblet, ca. 1900-50 Transparent green glass, blown, tooled with applied parts, gilt Gift of Mrs. Marjory S. Strauss 81.44 Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, the glassmaking factories in Venice experienced a great revival. Resurrecting earlier Renaissance techniques and designs, the glassmakers utilized new colors and invented fanciful forms inspired by the surrounding lagoons. Highly skilled workers pushed the material to create larger and more elaborate masterpieces than had been seen before in Venetian glass of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.