Mosaic Glass Goblet

About this artwork

This Liberty-style goblet features a bowl of clear hexagonal murrhines, each lined in dark purple, interrupted by a band of murrhines with green rosettes and scattered murrhines featuring mosaic glass images of white flowers. Such use of clear murrhines to build tile or bricklike patterns is characteristic of the early work of Ercole and Nicolò Barovier, one of whom may have made this goblet. It is the most contemporary design in John Gellatly's collection, indicating the breadth of his taste.