Facon de Venise reliquary (base repaired)
2A*
An interesting Venetian or façon de Venise glass goblet or reliquary, second half 16th century
Possibly from Innsbruck, of plain cylindrical form rising from a trailed milled band, the hollow stem moulded with two lions masks flanking scroll motifs, between mereses, on a shallow folded foot, 30cm high (broken at the base, cover lacking)
Sold for £562 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    The Dwight Lanmon Collection. Formerly in the collection of Wilhelm Hentrich, Frankfurt.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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