Terms and conditions of use
Kuttrolf
(c. 1880)
Medium
glass
Measurements
21.6 × 10.9 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1881
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
A Kuttrolf is a form of flask where the neck is divided into two or more tubes. The form has ancient Roman precedents but became popular with German glassblowers in the Middle Ages. Kuttrolf flasks were produced in Venetian glass and façon de Venise (glass in the Venetian manner) in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This revival piece is an example of the reproduction of historical forms favoured by the Venice and Murano Glass Company in the late nineteenth century.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Venice, Italy
Accession Number
216-D1R
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited