Goblet
Wineglasses with fantastic "dragon" stems, sometimes known as serpent glasses, were first made in Venice in the late sixteenth century. They became popular and were widely produced in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Northern Europe by the middle of the seventeenth century. Though difficult to make, serpent glasses were once fairly common. Due to their excessive fragility, however, early examples, such as this one and two others in the Robert Lehman Collection, are relatively rare.
Artwork Details
- Title: Goblet
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: Façon de Venise, probably south Lowlands or Germany
- Medium: Colorless (yellowish), transparent turquoise blue, and opaque brick red, yellow, and white nonlead glass. Blown, trailed, pincered, "vetro a retorti".
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1206
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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Northern European (possibly south Lowlands or Germany)
probably late 17th century
German, perhaps Frankfurt-am-Main
ca. 1705–11
German, Berlin
ca. 1765
Italian, Venice
late 17th–early 18th century
Façon de Venise, northern European (possibly the Lowlands)
17th century
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