Example 10

Example 10

89E Facon de Venise trick glass C. 1650

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