Glass

Name: Glass
Author: Dillon, Edward
Dillon, Edward
Glass; Glassware
XXVIII. VENETIAN GLASS. The Aldrevandini Beaker. (H. 5-1/8 in.) Thin
           clear glass with black specks, enamelled with three shields
           bearing the arms of South German towns: (1) Three stag-horns
           in fesse, azure; (2) argent, three keys in fesse, gules; (3)
           per fesse argent and sable, in chief a bar. Between,
           apple-green leaves outlined in white. Some enamelling also
           inside. Inscription in Gothic letters. About 1300 A.D.
           British Museum.                           (_To face p. 179._)

     XXIX. VENETIAN GLASS. The Berovieri Cup. (H. c. 8-1/2 in.) _Coppa
           Nuziale_ (marriage cup) of deep-blue glass, enamelled and
           gilt. The heads of bride and bridegroom in medallions.
           Between, (1) a procession of knights and ladies approaching
           a fountain; (2) bathing in fountain. Attributed to Angelo
           Berovieri. About 1440. Museo Civico, Venice.
                                                     (_To face p. 194._)

      XXX. VENETIAN GLASS. (1) Lamp for suspension, enamelled with studs
           of white on coloured ground. (H. 11 in.) Shield with _stemma_
           of Tiepolo family. Early sixteenth century. Museo Civico,
           Venice.

           (2) Stemless cup of thin clear glass. (H. 5-1/2 in.)
           Decorated with scrolls, lions, and birds, in ‘painted’
           enamel. About 1450. Dug up while excavating the foundations
           of the new Campanile. Museo Civico, Venice.
                                                     (_To face p. 199._)

     XXXI. VENETIAN GLASS. Flower-vase. (H. 11 in.) Transparent,
           colourless glass, slightly greyish, with tendency to
           deliquescence on surface: threading and studs of
           cobalt-blue. Probably sixteenth century. British Museum.
           (Slade, _ex_ Bernal collection.)          (_To face p. 200._)

    XXXII. VENETIAN GLASS. Spherical vase (H., with ‘made-up’ foot,
           9-1/2 in.) of opaque white glass, decorated with gilt scrolls
           and bosses and a pair of rudely drawn mermaids. Sixteenth
           century. British Museum. (Slade, _ex_ D’Azeglio collection.)
                                                     (_To face p. 203._)

   XXXIII. VENETIAN GLASS. Pilgrim’s bottle. (H. 6-1/2 in.) Design
           (Cupid fishing, and Venus and Anchises) painted in blue on
           opaque white (_lattimo_) ground. Early sixteenth century.
           Museo Civico, Venice.                     (_To face p. 204._)

    XXXIV. VENETIAN GLASS, enamelled and gilt. Early sixteenth century.
           British Museum.

           (1) Plate of thin glass. (Diam. 7 in.) In centre a shield
           with oak tree, green and gold on blue ground. (? Rovere
           arms.) Round margin a ring of delicate pattern in powder
           gold. Early sixteenth century. (Slade collection.)
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