Vetro a Retorti Plate
Vetro a Retorti Plate
Place of OriginItaly, Venice
Date16th or 17th century
DimensionsDiam: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
MediumBlown glass, with filigrana decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endoment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1953.112
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
DescriptionAlmost flat shape, shallow indentation 5" in diameter. Lattimo in crossed-barred spirals creating the filigrana .
Label TextThis large plate was created by fusing two glass bubbles with twisted glass canes, forming a delicate network pattern (vetro a retorti).Published ReferencesHutton, William, "European Glass in the Museum Collection," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 1963 (also published as European Glass), p. 7, repr.
Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass, A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, 1969, repr. p. 49.
17th century
17th century
17th century
1550-1600
late 16th-early 17th century
3rd century CE
Probably sixth to early seventh centuries
Probably fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
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