Jim Peake
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Lot 36
A very rare Venetian or façon de Venise goblet, late 16th or early 17th century
29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £6,312.50 inc. premium
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A very rare Venetian or façon de Venise goblet, late 16th or early 17th century
Decorated in vetro a fili and vetro a retorti, the slender tapering waisted bowl with a slightly everted rim and five graduating constrictions to the lower part, set on a compressed hollow ball knop between clear glass mereses, with a replacement silver spreading conical foot, 22.7cm high, indistinct name (perhaps 'Andreas Rodon') inscribed in diamond-point to the bowl
Footnotes
This goblet belongs to a distinctive group of latticinio glasses all with similar characteristics but with many different variations in shape and decoration. The form, sometimes known as 'Verres Coquilles', can be dated to the late 16th century through comparison with several enamelled examples bearing dates discussed by Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas der Veste Coburg (1994), p.227. A virtually identical goblet of similar size but with a cover is illustrated and discussed by Theuerkauff-Liederwald (1994), pp.226-9, no.198, who states that this is the only latticinio goblet of this form in which the upper half is left undecorated. The present goblet was undoubtedly made in the same workshop. She notes that manufacture outside of Venice should be considered based upon the grey tint of the metal and slight irregularities in manufacture. Compare also to the similar example from the Biemann Collection illustrated by Brigitte Klesse and Axel von Saldern, 500 Jahre Glaskunst (1978), pp.114-5, no.57. A smaller latticinio goblet of similar form was sold by Bonhams on 20 May 2015, lot 14.
