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Bowl

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: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

MediumTransparent light amber soda-lime glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.31

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DescriptionFruit bowl with teardrops fumato. Cylindrical bowl with flared rim, rounded bottom, and applied band of vertical drops near base.

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. Zecchin, Vittorio, "Electa." [exh. cat.]. (Located V. Zecchin vertical file), p. 37, image 43. Cf. Marino Barovier, Vittorio Zecchin 1878-1947 pittura, vetro, arti decorative, Venice, 2002, illustrated p. 201, pl. 209. Cf. Franco Deboni, Venini Glass, Catalogue 1921-2007, Turin, 2007, pl. 7. Cf. "Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnick and Georgio Spanu Collection." New York: American Craft Museum, p. 39.