Goblet
maker
Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. Ltd
(Italian, founded 1866)
Dateabout 1903
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGlass with enamel paint
Dimensions14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC11s21
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryPainted enameled symbols of Venice like Saint Mark’s lion and dolphins decorate this Venetian glass cup. It is a replica of one that survived the 1902 collapse of the Campanile—one of Venice’s most recognizable buildings in Saint Mark’s Square. Over the next ten years, the city rebuilt the bell tower exactly as it was. In 1912, Venetian glass companies sold replicas of the “Campanile Cup” to commemorate its inauguration. Isabella’s friend Mary Curtis attended the celebrations and gave Isabella one of the copied cups as a memento. Isabella kept the cup in her bedroom and later displayed it in the Macknight Room, which she used as a sitting room towards the end of her life. It surely gave her great pleasure to be reminded of the resilience of her favorite city—Venice.
Id719229
Last Updated8/9/24
EmbARK ObjectID11474
Source ID680
