Footed Glass Bowl Resembling Lapis Lazuli

Place of OriginFrance

Dateabout 1640-1660

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 8.6 cm)
Overall (Length, mascaron inside the bowl): 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)

Mediumopaque blue glass with silver gilded mount

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of 100 Members of the Museum, by exchange

Object number

2007.97

Not on View

DescriptionCast, carved, ground, and polished opaque blue glass with silver gilded mount.

Published ReferencesLevel, Dina, "Les mystères de la coupe verte, racine d'émeraude, prase ou?… Association française de gemmologie". Bulletin, 35, 15 June 1973, p. 8-9.

Kunstkammer, Georg Laue, Wunder Kann Man Sammeln, Munich, 2005, p. 32, repr. (col.).

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 166, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryTrento, Castello del Buonconsiglio - Castel Thun, L'Avventura Del Vetro dal Rinascimento al Novecento tra Venezia e mondi lontani, 2010, no. III.2, pp. 40-41, 511, fig. 3 (col.), p. 40 and p. 339.Comparative ReferencesSee also Daniel Alcouffe, Les Gemmes de la Couronne Musée du Louvre Département des Objets d'Art, 2001, pp.163 & 164, no. 55 (for the parallel in lapis lazuli).

See also Alcouffe 2001, pp.103, 110 & 147 (for comparative mounts).

See also Alcouffe 2001, pp. 515 and 522 (opaque green glass cup with emerald dust in Louvre).