Serpent Chalice | Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking

This video shows the parts of this object being made and placed temporarily in a hot oven. After attaching the base to a pontil, the parts are, one at a time, joined using small amounts of molten glass (‘glue bits’). Learn more about this object in The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian-Style Glassworking by William Gudenrath 🐍 Between about 1500 and 1725, Venice was nearly the sole supplier of fine luxury glass to the royal and aristocratic, the wealthy and powerfu