Bowl
As they spread throughout Early Modern Europe, Venice’s glassmaking techniques transformed ordinary tableware into a tantalizing variety of sophisticated and textured forms. Made in Spain, the "ice glass" bowl on the right has a cracked surface created through a Venetian method of plunging the hot glass into cold water before blowing it into its final form. Though the base of the Flemish basket on the left was blown, the walls were formed by manipulating hot trails of glass into a lacelike structure. The basket was probably meant to hold a sugary dessert.
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