Beaker

possibly Dutch, Amsterdam

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

One of the great Venetian innovations in glassblowing is filigrana. Drawn-out canes of colorless, white, and colored glass were fused together to create the patterned structure of the vessel. Moore had several examples in his collection. This thinly blown blue and white beaker with simple canes, or vetro a fili, is a Dutch example from the early 1600s.

Beaker, Glass; blown, a fili, dip-molded, and applied milled decoration, possibly Dutch, Amsterdam

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Beaker, Glass; blown, a fili, dip-molded, and applied milled decoration, possibly Dutch, Amsterdam
Beaker, Glass; blown, a fili, dip-molded, and applied milled decoration, possibly Dutch, Amsterdam

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