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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: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); Diam (bowl): 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

MediumSoda-lime glass; blown, applied, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mary, Sarah, and Myra La Rocque and Sylvia Sherman Plesco in memory of George Courtright Greener

Object number

2011.24

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DescriptionPale blue transparent soda-lime glass. Conical body with flared rim, applied knop. Pedestal foot with rim folded under. Three horizontal trails below rim.

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.