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

Facon-De-Venise Beaker

Datelate 16th - early 17th century

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Base: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of the Wunsch Foundation

Object number97.5

Terms

Spiral
Filigree
Colorless
Opaque
White

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DescriptionConical with flaring rim in blown colorless glass with widely spaced opaque white filigree arranged in a spiral (vetro a fili); low conical kick with pontil mark; applied colorless milled foot. This beaker has been reconstructed from archaeological fragments. It is nearly complete. Facon-de-venise beakers are by no means common. This shape, which has parallels in European silver, was generally used for beer. The broad, simple stripe strongly suggests northern European origins.

Label TextFACON-DE-VENICE BEAKER South Netherlands Late 16th- early 17th Century Blown glass with opaque white filigree arranged vetro a fili, with hot applied milled foot. Gift of the Wunsch Foundation 97.5 Glass beakers with flaring roms had been popular throughout much of Europe in the late middle ages. This beaker was decorated in the newly fashionable Venetian manner. Dutch still life and genre paintings show that such beakers were generally used for beer.