Post-Medieval — 1600-1699
Facon de Venise goblet
Colourless glass stem from a goblet with blue glass decoration. The hollow, extruded wrythen (twisted) stem tapers towards the base. There are blue glass trails at the junction with the bowl (which is missing) and pincered glass 'wings' on either side. May have been made in London or Italy.
The fragment was found in a brick-lined cellar in Gracechurch Street, London EC3. In 1940, workmen digging outside the south-east corner of All Hallows, Lombard Street broke through a chalk wall 18 feet (5.5m) below ground level into the cellar. As well as over a thousand fragments of glass, the cellar contained pottery and tobacco pipes, mostly dating to the first half of the 17th century, and sealed by what is thought to be debris from the Great Fire of 1666.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 98.1/111
- Object name:
- Facon de Venise goblet
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- Production date:
- 1600-1699
- Material:
glass
- Measurements/duration:
- H 86 mm, W 41 mm, D 25 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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