Filigree Tazza
CultureItalian | Venetian
Datemid-16th century
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (9.2 x 17.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by The Chrysler Museum Glass Associates
Object number95.12
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a tazza (drinking vessel or sweetmeat) of blown, colorless glass with opaque white filigree. The shallow hemispheric bowl is set on a bold knop with a conical flaring folded foot. The twisted filigree strands are arranged vertically in the knop and upper portion of the foot, but in the bowl are grouped into six radiating pairs - each pair nipped into a diamond-and-a-half-diamond figure.Label TextTAZZA Venice, Italy Mid-16th century Blown glass with opaque white filigree. Gift of the Chrysler Museum Glass Associates 95.12 The decorative motif in the bottom of this tazza was created by pinching pairs of radial filigree cans into a pattern in the manner of "nipt-diamond-waies."
late 16th century-early 17th century
16th century
19th century
late 16th - early 17th century
