A facon de Venise winged goblet
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A façon de Venise winged goblet, 17th century
With diamond-point engraved decoration, the shallow cup-shaped bowl engraved with formal flowers and scrolling foliage, the hollow knopped and baluster stem applied with bright blue winged handles applied with pincered ornament in clear glass, the folded foot with further engraving, 14.5cm high
Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A very similar example in the Bayerischen Nationalmuseums Munich is illustrated by Rainer Rückert (1982), pl.13, fig.53. Another of identical form without engraving in the British Museum is illustrated by Hugh Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass (1979), fig.90

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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