Venetian Goblets from the Town Hall in Bardejov, Slovakia

This lesser-known series of six goblets from Bardejov provides specific information about the distribution of Venetian glass to the countries north of the Alps and also about the efforts to imitate it in local glasshouses. Other covered goblets with chalice-shaped cups from the 1480s to early sixteenth century are known from present-day Hungary and Slovakia. SEM/EDS analyses of the glass and enamel compositions reveals the use of brass in the enamel, as has been seen for the same period in Hungary, and one goblet's origins can be traced to Venice.