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KevinH:
Hi folks,

Perhaps this really belongs in the Murano board? Maybe it's early Venetian? On the other hand, could it have nothing at all to do with Italy? Is it even true Façon de Venise as would usually apply to this sort of item?

What are your views? Likley time period? Likely country?

Full item: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pid=15047&fullsize=1

Central Stem: http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pid=15046&fullsize=1

[Edit 2011 ... Tinypics lost and now replaced with new ones in Glass Gallery]

Overall height is 15 inches / 38.1 cm. The diameter of the foot is 3 3/8 inches / 8.1 cm. Overall weight is 10 1/8 ounces / 290 grammes.

The cover, sits inside the bowl. The foot is folded underneath and has a small central Dome shape where it meets the stem - unlike the more obvious Domed feet of some 18th century drinking glasses. There is, as expected within a Domed foot, an unfinished pontil scar.

So what do you think? Anyone seen anything similar in their travels?

Ivo:
Very hard to say; could be original Venetian (though it looks a bit heavy) or could be Facon-de-Venise (Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, and other countries) or could be Venetian revival (English, Italian etc). I think you'll have to find a venetian specialist for this one!

Leni:
It looks Venetian to me, not that I'm any sort of expert  :oops:

I do have a Facon de Venise goblet (well, I have two actually, but no clear and unobstructed photo of the second), bought a few years ago in Murano, the stem of which has some slight similarity, IMHO.  http://tinypic.com/5burn7 (excuse the little hare lurking in the front of the picture - I collect hares too  :roll: )

I would have thought that the folded foot indicated some age, but no doubt someone will correct me on that assumption  :roll:  :lol:

Leni

aa:
I showed this to an Italian friend who mentioned an itinerant Venetian glass-blower who used to sign his work Penso Amor, and he thought it looked like one of his pieces, but I suppose you would have mentioned if it was signed, Kevin?

Max:
Although I can't say where this covered goblet hails from, the upper part does seem curiously plain compared to the lower section imvho.  I've only managed to find about nine examples, but they were all more elaborate in some way to either the cover or the cup or the knop.

Perhaps it's from a time when two styles collided?

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