Candleholder
Candleholder
Manufacturer
Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C. (M.V.M. Cappellin & C.)
(Italian, 1925-1932)
Place of OriginVenice
Date1925-1931
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Diam: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
MediumSoda-lime glass; mold-blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mary, Sarah, and Myra La Rocque and Sylvia Sherman Plesco in memory of George Courtright Greener
Object number
2011.57
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent soda-lime glass with pale blue tinge, blown in optic mold, consisting of cup shaped top with cylindrical applied insert, spindled shape stamp, and optic mold blown flat base with foot rim folded under.
Light blue candle holder with rib pattern.
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.
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