New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Façon De Venise Wine Glass

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Date1650-1699

MediumBlown and tooled glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation

Object number97.15.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 6

DescriptionWine glass, second half of the 17th century, façon de Venise or a Venetian Export, possibly made at the London Glasshouse of George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Blown and tooled colorless glass, conical bowl; the stem composed of a merese, an angular knop, an inverted baluster which is quatrefoil in cross-section, and a merese; wide circular foot with rough pontil mark.

Label TextFACON-DE-VENISE WINE GLASS Possibly made in England at the glasshouse of George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham Second half of the 17th Century Blown and tooled glass. Gift of the Wunsch Foundation 97.15.2 This glass has a history connecting it with the Dukes of Buckingham, suggesting that it could have been made at the 2nd Duke's glasshouse in London. ProvenanceProbably from a glasshouse of the Duke of Buckingham; collection of the Countess of Rosse Nymans Park, Nr. Hayward Heath, Sussex; sold by Sotheby's on the premises 27th June 1994; Mr. E.M. Wunsch; Gift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc., to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1997.