betrothal goblets

Manifestations of Marital Relations and Love in Late Fifteenth-Century Venetian

Glassware

Lauren Iverson

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Figure 6 and 7 (top right):: Goblet. 1460/5-1525/6. Green glass with enameled and gilded decoration. The British Museum, London. The British Museum. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/glass_betrothal_goblet.aspx

Figure 8 and 9 (bottom right): Goblet. 1475-1500. Green glass, foot blown in a dip-mould, with enameled and gilded decoration. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Search the Collections database. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O987/goblet-unknown/.

Figure 10. Goblet. 1475-1500. Green glass, foot blown in a dip-mould, with enameled and gilded decoration. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Search the Collections database. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O987/goblet-unknown/.

Figure 11: Goblet. 1460/5-1525/6. Green glass with enameled and gilded decoration. The British Museum, London. The British Museum. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/glass_betrothal_goblet.aspx

Figure 13 (above): Goblet. 1460/5-1525/6. Green glass with enameled and gilded decoration. The British Museum, London. The British Museum. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/glass_betrothal_goblet.aspx

Figure 12 (below): Goblet. 1475-1500. Green glass, foot blown in a dip-mould, with enameled and gilded decoration. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Search the Collections database. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O987/goblet-unknown/.

Figure 14. Goblet. Late fifteenth century. Turquoise opaque glass decorated with enameled and gilding. The British Museum, London. The British Museum. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=42330&partid=1

Figure 15. Goblet. Late fifteenth century. Turquoise opaque glass decorated with enameled and gilding. The British Museum, London. The British Museum. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=42330&partid=1

Figure 16. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b

Figure 17. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b

Figure 18. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b

Figure 19. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b

Figure 20. Baccio Baldini (attributed to), Virgil the Sorcerer. ca.1460-1463. Engraving. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, United States. Artsmia. Dec 1. 2012. http://artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=1&id=44010.

Figure 21. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b .

Figure 22. Wineglass or sweetmeat cup (confittiera) with scenes of Virgil and Febilla. 1475-1500. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.190.730a,b .

Figure 23. Footed Bowl with a Triumph of Fame. (1940.119). Late fifteenth century. Blue glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.

Figure 24. Footed Bowl with a Triumph of Fame. (1940.119). Late fifteenth century. Blue glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.

Figure 25. Footed Bowl with a Triumph of Fame. (1940.119). Late fifteenth century. Blue glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.

Figure 26. Footed Bowl with a Triumph of Fame. (1940.119). Late fifteenth century. Blue glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.

Figure 27 (right):Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Triomf van de Eaam, 1512-1549. Paper design for a pane of glass. Rijks Museum, Amsterdam. Rijks Museum. 1 Dec, 2012. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-1992-3.

Figure 28 (left): Giovanni di Ser Giovanni guidi, called Lo Scheggia, Childbirth tray (desco da parto) with the Triumph of Fame (recto) and Medici and Tornabuoni arms and devices (verso). ca 1449. Tempera, silver, and gold on wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1 Dec. 2012. http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110000958?rpp=20&pg=1&ft=New+York+City&pos=13.

Figure 29. Footed Bowl with a Triumph of Fame. (1940.119). Late fifteenth century. Blue glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.

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