Example 10
Example 10
Façon de Venise Trick Glass # 89E Allaire Collection
Dimensions: H = 13 cm, Stem H = 7 cm, Weight = 75 g D = 17th century
Origin: Possibly Venice or Tuscany
Material: “cristallo”
Stem definition: Hollow trumpet shaped stem which starts as a broad foot. A pincered collar is applied to the narrow part of the stem near the double-walled bowl. The goblet has a grayish-lilac tint.
Ref: Christie’s March 28, 2000 # 140 & May 2007 #21, Sothby’s June 16, 1984 #73 & Dec. 18, 2002 #6&7, Rijksmuseum, #155, 156, Lameris, 1991 # 111, “Glass from the Ancient World: the Ray Winfield Smith Collection”, Corning 1957, #241
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