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Wine glass

Designer Vittorio Zecchin (Italian, 1878-1947)

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

Place of OriginVenice

DateDesigned 1921-1925; produced 1925-1931

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

MediumTransparent soda-lime glass with light amber tinge; conical bowl blown in polygonal mold with applied transparent green rim, applied double banister stem, applied flat base with foot rim folded under.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.50

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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.