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Beaker

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: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

MediumTransparent soda-lime glass with light amber tinge; blown in hexagonal mold with high conical kick.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.44

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DescriptionFume hexagonal tumbler.

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. Quittenbaum Art Auction House, "La Dolce Vita: Murano Glass," auction 094B, 2/15/2011, lot 7: "Vittorio Zecchin: 36 Trinkgläser."