Briati glassware [DA] - Before Felton

Pre-Felton acquisitions included:

Cruet stand (1740). Purchased 1871. NGV p.16 [ill.]: see photo at right
Barrel, bowl and tankard (various dates), attributed to Briati. Purchased 1871. NGV 31-D1R, 57-D1R & 95-D1R [all reproduced]

[Photo: Cruet stand. Purchased 1871 (NGV p.16)]

Giuseppe Briati (1686-1772), born into a family of Murano glass-makers, became famous for the elaborate chandeliers he produced for the Ca’Rezzonico and other Venetian palaces in the mid 18^th century.

The works acquired for Melbourne in 1871, by or attributed to Briati, formed part of the group of just over 100 pieces of Venetian glass bought in 1871: see also Unknown Venetian glassmakers [DA].

Refs.

For details of the individual works (and reproductions of some of them), see https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/7887/

For Briati, see e.g. https://www.muranonet.com/unfold-venice/giuseppe-lorenzo-briati; and Paolo Zecchin in Journal of Glass Studies Jan.2011, pp.161-75 (yet to see; cited via researchgate.net) [both sites accessed 20 April 2020]