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A tall Venetian wine glass, late 16th or early 17th century
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Provenance: The Overduin Collection
Glasses such as this were used for drinking wine, although the bowl shape often rendered them highly impractical for such purposes. It required practice and the utmost care to drink from such a glass without spilling, and being able to do so was a sign of great sophistication. A glass of very similar shape with a hollow rim enclosing a blue trail, but with applied handles, is illustrated by Anna and Kitty Laméris, Het Vormglas door de Eeuwen Heen: Collectie Bomers-Marres (2006), p. 24, cat. BM 25, who state that glasses with hollow rims such as this are rare. A tall wine glass with a very similar bowl and hollow folded rim was sold by Christie's London, 28 March 2000, lot 113. Glasses with similar elongated hollow stems are illustrated by Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (1994), pp. 257-258, cats. 233-234
