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Dessert Service

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1899

GUSN

GUSN-180145

Description

Set of Venetian glass goblets, fingerbowls and saucers. Colors are green, red, blue and yellow. Decorated around rims with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowls are shaped with four lobes. The stems are clear glass and have a ring of scalloped glass around them. There are 11 goblets, 12 finger bowls and 12 saucers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert services
Venetian glass
glass (material)
Service, Dessert

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P693
FD124

Maker

Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Dimensions

4 1/4 (H), 3 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1116

Places

Venice (Venezia province, Veneto, Italy)
Venice (Venezia province, Veneto, Italy)

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