Goblet with Striped Bowl

Copied Unidentified (Murano, Venice, Italy), Goblet with Striped Bowl, 1890s-1910s, blown, enameled, and applied hot-worked glass, 6 × 3 58 in. (15.2 × 9.2 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.469.8
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Artwork Details

Title
Goblet with Striped Bowl
Artist
Unidentified (Murano, Venice, Italy)
Date
1890s-1910s
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
6 × 3 58 in. (15.2 × 9.2 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of John Gellatly
Mediums Description
blown, enameled, and applied hot-worked glass
Classifications
Keywords
  • Object — other — dish
Object Number
1929.8.469.8

Artwork Description

Inspired by international expositions, including the Venice Biennale art fairs, Murano glassmakers began around 1900 to adopt art nouveau trends, distinguished by simplified elegance. This new direction became known in Italy as the stile floreale (floral style), given its frequent flower motifs, or stile Liberty (Liberty style) in reference to London's Liberty department store, a promoter of this movement. In glassware its principal characteristics are smooth profiles and experimental use of murrhines, thin glass discs that can be combined into complex patterns or pictures. Such designs slowly replaced historically inspired gilding, enamel painting, and bravura sculptural flourishes.

Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano, 2021.