A FAÇON DE VENISE LATTICINIO GLASS TALL BEAKER, 17TH CENTURY |

of cylindrical form, decorated with spiral threads in opaque-white, with an engrailed band at the foot,

In overall good appearance and condition. To the underside there is a shallow bruise chip close to the pontil, probably associated with production. The opaque-white stripes with some scattered bubbling. A small patch of fritting to the interior base.
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A beaker of very similar form was in the Guépin collection, sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 5th July 1981, lot 17. An example affixed on a spreading foot decorated with vetro a retorti from the Wunsch foundation was sold at Christie's London, 6th December 2012, lot 137. See also the smaller example in the Rijksmuseum, Pieter C. Ritsema van Eck, op. cit., p. 69, no. 90.