Post-Medieval — Late 16th century
Giacomo Verzelini (Jacopo Verzelini) and Anthony de Lisle tazza
A finely blown glass tazza in facon de Venise (Venetian-style) crystallo. A large part of the shallow bowl is missing but the remaining section is decorated with a hunting chase, with coursing hounds and a stag in diamond-point engraving.
In an attempt to improve the quality of English glassmaking, Venetian and Muranese glassmakers were brought to England. One of them was Giacomo (Jacopo) Verzelini, a fugitive master glassmaker working in Antwerp, who was brought to London by the Flemish glassworker Jean Carre and his business partner Peter Briot, to work in their glasshouse in Crutched-Friars, Aldgate, in 1571. Carre died the following year and in 1575, Verzelini took over. He immediately applied for a licence to make Venetian style cristallo glass in London, and was granted a 21-year Crown monopoly.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 24535
- Object name:
- Giacomo Verzelini (Jacopo Verzelini) and Anthony de Lisle tazza
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- Artist/Maker:
- Giacomo Verzelini, Anthony de Lisle
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- Production date:
- late 16th century
- Material:
glass, gold
- Measurements/duration:
- H 113 mm, W 135 mm, D 95 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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