Coppa Guggenheim (Guggenheim Cup)

Factory/Foundry Salviati Dott. Antonio Glasshouse

Artist Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853-1942)

Manufacturer Fratelli Barovier

Place of OriginVenice

Dateabout 1876

DimensionsH: 21 in. (53.34 cm)

MediumTransparent grayish and transparent blue soda-lime glass; dip-molded, blown, and hot-worked glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineOrion Fund

Object number

2011.9A-B

Not on View

DescriptionTall goblet with intricate composite stem and associated finial on top of cover.

Label TextThe 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.