Goblet with Crown and Initial 'C'
Giuseppe Barovier (?)
c.1878
Italy, Venice, Salviati workshop
Clear and coloured opaque glass
h 33.8 cm
The goblet dates to the time of the revival of
Venetian glassmaking in the mid-19th century,
a revival associated with the name of Antonio
Salviati, who founded a mosaic workshop and
firms making blown glass on Murano. Initially,
the wares produced there imitated the forms of
the Renaissance and Baroque; later the
Murano glassmakers found new ways of
interpreting earlier forms, changing shape and
colour in conformity with the taste of their
time.
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