Vase
Vase
Designer
Vittorio Zecchin
(Italian, 1878-1947)
Manufacturer
Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C. (M.V.M. Cappellin & C.)
(Italian, 1925-1932)
Place of OriginVenice
Date1925-1931
DimensionsH: 6 in. (15.2 cm); Rim Diam: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
MediumSoda-lime glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mary, Sarah, and Myra La Rocque and Sylvia Sherman Plesco in memory of George Courtright Greener
Object number
2011.22
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent purple blown soda-lime glass.
Vase with flared bowl, applied knop, applied conical base with rim folded under, two applied transparent purple horizontal trails near the center of the body.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Barovier, Marino, Vittorio Zecchin 1878-1947 pittura, vetro, arti decorative, Venice, 2002. Cf. Barovier, Marino, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan: Skira 1999. Cf. Heiremans, Marc, Art Glass from Murano/Glas-Kunst Aus Murano, Stuttgart: Arnoldsche 1993. Cf. Jeanne Schinto, "'Miss Edgerton's Ye Colonial Shoppe' or Women in the Trade," Maine Antique Digest, published online 6/11/2008. Cf. Barovier et al. Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennali 1895-1972, Milan: Leonardo Arte 1995, p. 27.
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