Double-Handled Filigrana Vase

From the Getty Museum record

When it was perfected in the mid-1500s, twisted white cane decoration, known as *vetro a fili* and *vetro a retorti*, revolutionized the appearance of Venetian glass and won the admiration of a wealthy international clientele. By the end of the 1500s, glassmakers throughout northern Europe copied and distributed the techniques and styles of contemporary Venetian glass, including cane decoration, calling it *façon de Venise* (in the style of Venice). The Northern European copies are often so stylistically similar to those produced in Italy that scholars sometimes have difficulty determining where some vessels were actually made.