Trasparente Vase, model no. 5673

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Trasparente Vase, model no. 5673

Designer Carlo Scarpa (Italian, 1906 - 1978)

Manufacturer Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C. (M.V.M. Cappellin & C.) (Italian, 1925-1932)

Place of OriginVenice

DateDesigned 1926, produced 1926-1931

DimensionsH: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Diam: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)

MediumSoda-lime glass; blown, globular body, applied transparent blue rim and applied conical pedestal foot.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.25

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DescriptionArt deco vase sphere with blue foot and lip. Transparent pale blue soda-lime glass.

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. "Maestri vetrai muranesi Cappellin & C.," Trade catalogue for Paris store, p. 5, item 5680. Cf. Domus, December 1928, p. 59. Cf. Marino Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1999, p. 33, pp. 192, 225 and 246-47. Cf. Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnick and Georgio Spanu Collection, Susan Sacks (ed.) New York, N. Y.: Millennium Pictures, 2003, p. 47.