Lot 46
46
A faon de Venise goblet
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A faon de Venise goblet

17TH CENTURY, VENICE

Details
A faon de Venise goblet
17th Century, Venice
With a slender funnel bowl, the rudimentary stem with a short plain section above a large hollow ball knop set between mereses, on a conical foot (slight staining to bowl)
7.1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

The form of this goblet relates closely to drawings in the letters of 1667-73 from the London glass seller and importer John Green to his Venetian supplier Allesio Morelli (see Tait 1979, p. 48, figs. 6 and 7). Also cf. Theuerkauff 1994, p. 235, no. 210.

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