Beaker

Unknown

first quarter 17th century · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

first quarter 17th century

Medium

Glass

Culture

possibly Dutch, Amsterdam

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891