Accession Nr.: 1041
Manufacturer: Salviati & Co Glass Works (Venice - Murano)
Materials: glass
Techniques: blown; gilded
Dimensions:
height: 10,3 cm
opening diameter: 8,5 cm
base diameter: 5,5 cm

The slightly flattened, hemispherical cup is sup-ported by a hollow baluster stem that stands on a short foot, conically rising in the centre. There is an opaque white line of spots half centimetre below the top rim, with a lambrequin-like row of scales shaped of thin, scratched gold foil below. The semi-circular contours of the scales are emphasized by opaque white spots. In the centre of the scales there are green spots, surmounted by a row of blue and red spots.

The form and the decoration of the object follows the traditions of Renaissance Baroque glass from Venice-Murano it was probably a part of a set, as it is proved by the bottle with identical decoration, also in the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts (Inv.No. 1035).

Literature

  • Varga Vera: Üvegen innen és túl - Bor és Üveg. Magyar Szőlő- és Borkultúra Kht., Budapest, 2003. - Nr.53.
  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 338. (téves ltsz.mal) (Varga Vera)