Olive glass cup with iridescent effect

Barovier family glasshouse

19th century · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The form is derived from the classical kantharos. Its surface is a development of aventurine glass. Glass enclosing flakes of silver foil is covered with thin films of yellow, green, and red glass, all seated in a final colorless overlay.

Artist

Barovier family glasshouse

Date

19th century

Medium

Glass

Culture

Italian, Venice (Murano)

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881