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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

Date1925-1931

DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

MediumSoda-lime glass; mold-blown, applied decoration, applied stem and prunts, applied foot.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.62

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DescriptionTransparent soda-lime glass with brownish tinge, blown in polygonal mold with applied vertical trails of transparent green glass near base, applied drop-shaped hollow stem with six applied transparent green prunts, applied pedestal foot with foot rim folded under. MVM acid-etched signature under base. Fume wineglass, octagonal with aqua threads.

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."