Three-bubble Goblet with Filigrana

This goblet is made using filigrana, a style of blown glass made with colorless, white, and sometimes colored canes that originated on the island of Murano in the 16th century. The canemaking and glassblowing processes are shown in the video. Learn more about this object in The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking by William Gudenrath The Venetian glass industry enjoyed a golden age during the Renaissance. By the early 1500s, the