Terms and conditions of use
Serpent-stem goblet (Flügelglas)
(early 17th century)
Medium
glass (red and white threads, vetro a retorti, applied and pincered decoration)
Measurements
28.3 × 10.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1977
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
So highly regarded was the beautiful glassware produced in Venice from the fifteenth century onwards that Dutch and German glassmakers began to imitate these wares, creating façon de Venise glass (glass in the Venetian manner). Ornate glasses such as this example were intended for use in formal banqueting situations.
Lower level, clockwise from left:
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(Holland, the Netherlands / Germany)
Accession Number
D151-1977
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