Rippenkrug aus Achatglas mit vergoldeter Silberfassung

Ribbed "calcedonio" pitcher with silver-gilt mounts, ca. 1480‒1520

Marbled "calcedonio" (chalcedony or agate imitation) glass, blown into a ribbed mold, partly gilt silver mounts, applied after foot and lid were damaged. The finial of the original glass lid was mounted into the silver lid

(H x W x D)36,2 × 14,2 × 12,9 cm

Place of originMurano

Status

not on display

About the workThe creation of marbled glass is subject to chance: it changes constantly when hot, leaving little time to blow the vessel. The shape of the pitcher exhibits medieval traits, but its production coincided with a period of change. After Europe had been paralysed by a plague pandemic for about 100 years, a new heyday dawned around 1450. In Venice there was a revival of glass art, of which this pitcher is a very rare example. The silver-gilt mounts probably date from the nineteenth century.

AccessionAcquisition 1992

Provenance[...]; vermutlich zwischen 1767 - 1845 Fürstin Constance Marie zu Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck; vermutlich bis 1992 im Besitz der vorgennanten Familie; 1992 angekauft von der Familie von Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck

Inventory numberP 1992-23

Court art

Contact

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