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Beaker

first quarter 17th century
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Beaker
  • Date: first quarter 17th century
  • Culture: possibly Dutch, Amsterdam
  • Medium: Glass; blown, a fili, dip-molded, and applied milled decoration
  • Dimensions: Height (Confirmed): 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
    Diam. of foot (Confirmed): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
    Diam. of rim (Confirmed): 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1430
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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