Footed Bowl

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Footed Bowl

Place of OriginVenice, Italy

DateLate 15th century

DimensionsH: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); Rim Diam: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass; mold-blown, applied, tooled, gilded, enameled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1958.17

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

DescriptionClear glass with trailed ribs on bowl. Plain ribbed foot edged with blue glass band. Trailed ribs have remnants of gilding. Under the rim is a band of gold, 'scale' ornament enriched with red, blue and white enamel dots.

Label TextLate 15th-century Venetian glass tableware was largely inspired by earlier metal forms. The mold-blown ribs on this large serving bowl, for example, recall fluted medieval Gothic vessels in silver and gold. Applied gold leaf and enameling underscore the rich appearance of the vessel. With its pincered and gilded ribs, this bowl was a particularly impressive vessel for showing off food at the table.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 76, repr. (col.) fig. 28A, p. 77.