Vetro a Reticello Goblet
Vetro a Reticello Goblet
Place of OriginVenice, Italy
Date17th century
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1913.414
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4
DescriptionSimple lace pattern of criss-cross lines.
Label TextThe most complex variety of filigree glass is patterned with a fine network of crisscrossing threads with tiny air bubbles trapped between the places where the threads cross (vetro a reticello—“glass with a small net pattern”). The most famous maker of reticello in 1545 was Francesco Bartolussi, of the Fornace al Nave, the Glasshouse at the Sign of the Ship.
late 16th-early 17th century
800-1500
Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century
16th or 17th century
Fifth to seventh centuries
3rd-4th century CE
probably 1870-1890
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