Coppa Guggenheim (Guggenheim Cup)
Factory/Foundry: Salviati Dott. Antonio Glasshouse
Artist: Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853-1942)
Manufacturer: Fratelli Barovier
Date: about 1876
Dimensions:
H: 21 in. (53.34 cm)
Medium: Transparent grayish and transparent blue soda-lime glass; dip-molded, blown, and hot-worked glass.
Place of Origin: Venice
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Orion Fund
Object number: 2011.9A-B
Label Text:The Coppa Guggenheim is considered the quintessential Venetian presentation cup (pokal). It epitomizes the pinnacle of Venetian skill in two of its “Golden Ages”: the 17th-century, when such covered goblets were the height of fashion and the ultimate European luxury glass, and the second half of the 19th century, when Venetian glassmakers rediscovered and re-learned their glorious past that had been lost during the Napoleonic occupation. They regained their previous status as most-skilled European producers of hand-blown glass, as attested by this remarkable example.
Giuseppe Barovier created the goblet in 1876, basing it on the 17th-century Coppa Guggenheim, then owned by the Italian antique dealer and educator Michelangelo Guggenheim, after whom it is named.
Giuseppe Barovier created the goblet in 1876, basing it on the 17th-century Coppa Guggenheim, then owned by the Italian antique dealer and educator Michelangelo Guggenheim, after whom it is named.
DescriptionTall goblet with intricate composite stem and associated finial on top of cover.
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