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Glass goblet
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1500-1599
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originates in the Venetian island of Murano, contains few chemical stabilisers. The Venetian
Republic fiercely protected their technology and punished craftsmen who were caught trying
to leave, but by about 1540 many had moved to Northern Europe. They took with them their
precious knowledge and began making glasses in the Venetian style. Both aesthetically and
in their chemical compositions they are often indistinguishable from Muranese glasses.
The filigree (filigrana in Italian) technique originated in Venice in 1527. Canes of opaque white glass (lattimo) were laid in grooves on a flat surface and a clear glass bulb was rolled over them. The fused glass was then manipulated whilst hot to create a variety of swirling patterns, such as the ones on the goblet (called vetro a retorti and a fili). The network of uneven swirls on its foot reveals it as a handblown object and captures the once viscous nature of the molten glass
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