Beaker of ice glass

anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1650

The surface of this ‘ice glass’ resembles irregularly frozen water, an effect achieved by plunging the blown glass while still white-hot into cold water in order to produce cracks. When the glass is reheated and blown further, these cracks get bigger. Although the decorative ice-glass technique was invented in Venice, it was much used in Antwerp, in combination with gilded monster heads.

  • Artwork typecup
  • Object numberBK-14914
  • Dimensionsheight 21.8 cm x diameter 14.4 cm, diameter 11.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicshelder, grijs getint glas, gedeeltelijk verguld

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Beaker of ice glass

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-14914

  • Description

    Glas à la façon de Venise. Ingestoken bodem. Gekerfde voetrand. Cilindrisch, aan de bovenzijde zich verwijdend lichaam van ijsglas, waarop ter halver hoogte drie mascarons en drie kleine noppen zijn aangebracht. Resten van verguldsel op de noppen en langs de bovenrand.

Creation

  • Creation

    glassblower: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1550 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    helder, grijs getint glas, gedeeltelijk verguld

  • Dimensions

    • height 21.8 cm x diameter 14.4 cm
    • diameter 11.2 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Private gift

  • Acquisition

    gift 1937

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection W.R.A.C. graaf van Rechteren Limpurg (1865-1929), Arnhem;{NHA, RBK, INV, inv. 1883, List 13 March 1937, Glass.}; from whom acquired by a private collector, 1929;{Note RMA.} by whom donated, with 235 other objects, to the museum, 1937

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum 60 (1937), p. 14.

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