Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Serpent-stem goblet (Flügelglas)

Serpent-stem goblet (Flügelglas)
 (early 17th century)

Medium
glass (red and white threads, vetro a retorti, applied and pincered decoration)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1977
Gallery location
Not on display
 

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

Medium
glass (red and white threads, vetro a retorti, applied and pincered decoration)
Measurements
28.3 × 10.0 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
(Holland, the Netherlands / Germany)
Accession Number
D151-1977
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1977
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
Gallery location
Not on display

Explore the collection

Belt buckle (Exotic fruit) PIEL FRÈRES, Paris (manufacturer) (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby VASE International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925 Charles LOUPOT Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico The thinker Auguste RODIN JAR & COVER MUG Plymouth (manufacturer) Belt buckle (Bust of a woman) PIEL FRÈRES, Paris (manufacturer) October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Mary, Lady Vere William LARKIN EYEGLASS Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS DISH Nantgarw (manufacturer) Anguish August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK The pioneer Frederick McCUBBIN Shield Unknown Kubus, stacking storage containers Wilhelm WAGENFELD (designer); Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke A.G., Weisswasser (manufacturer) SALVER Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES LOCK Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ The skittle players David TENIERS II DECANTER JUG SNUFF BOX FLAGON Weeping woman Pablo PICASSO