A fine and rare Venetian 'Calcedonio' goblet circa 1500

For further examples of 'Venetian calcedonio' glass with identical marbling see the footed bowl, circa 1500, from the Biemann Collection, sold in these rooms, 16th June 1984, lot 48 (£23,000), another bowl, extensively restored, 4th June 1996, lot 367 (£11,000) and that from the Hockemeyer Collection, catalogue, The Hockemeyer Collection, Maiolica and Glass, pp.174-175, fig.35.

For the form see the gilt and enamelled goblet (13.4cm. high) in the British Museum, dated to the late 15th/early 16th century, illustrated H.Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, pp.32-33, fig.13. A goblet of calcedonio glass can be found in the Wallace Collection, London (see D.Battie and S.Cottle, Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Glass, p.63).