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Gallery Of Glass For Sale - Pre 18th century Glasses - Verzelini-style Glasses

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These glasses are characterised by lightness of weight and thin-walled bowls and feet, and are made using Venetian and Façon de Venise techniques. They date to the late 16th century.

In December 1574, Jacob Verzelini, the master of the Crutched Friars glasshouse in London, obtained a monopoly from Elizabeth I to make drinking glasses in the Venetian style for twenty-one years. Less than a year later, his glasshouse was destroyed by fire. After rebuilding it, and employing Italian (Muranese) craftsmen, Verzelini ran a prosperous business for the next twenty years, working at both the Crutched Friars glasshouse and a new glasshouse on Broad Street, also in London.

A glass engraver, Anthony de Lysle, settled in London, and became naturalized in 1582. He was most likely responsible for the engraved work on Verzelini's glass.

Charleston (1984) lists eleven glasses as probably originating from Verzelini's glasshouses, and probably engraved by Anthony de Lysle, and it is on these that we have based our versions. Four of these eleven are shown below (hover over them for details and click on them for larger images). For the other seven, see the plates in Charleston (1984).

Godfrey, E.S. (1975) 'The Development of English Glassmaking 1560-1640' Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 28-33. Pl.3.
Charleston, R.J. (1984) 'English Glass and the glass used in England, c.400-1940' London: Allen & Unwin, pp.53-60. Pl.12, 13 & 14.

These are individual vessels that are in stock and can be purchased as seen.

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