Large pokal body in colorless glass decorated with white fil - Lot 22

Large pokal body in colorless glass decorated with white fili and retortoli Venice or façon de Venise, 16th century A large Venetian or façon de Venise glass goblet with fili and retortoli mounted on a later gilt-metal base Venice or façon de Venise, 16th century H. 32 cm Pds 1215 g. Provenance : Private collection, France. Comparative bibliography: R. Barovier Mentasti, A. Dorigato et al, Mille anni di arte e del vetro a Venezia, exhibition catalog: Correr Museum, Venice, 1982. The body of the pokal consists of a slightly flared campaniform section surmounting a cone formed of six rings of decreasing size. It rests on a circular molded gilded metal pedestal. Condition: foot and lid missing, later frame. A complete example is in the British Museum, London (inv. 1880,0617.27; cf. Barovier, Dorigato, pp. 124-125, no. 165).