Wine glass
Wine glass
Manufacturer
Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C. (M.V.M. Cappellin & C.)
(Italian, 1925-1932)
Place of OriginVenice
Date1925-1931
DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
MediumSoda-lime glass; blown, applied decoration, knop, and foot.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mary, Sarah, and Myra La Rocque and Sylvia Sherman Plesco in memory of George Courtright Greener
Object number
2011.70
Not on View
DescriptionBlown of transparent soda-lime glass with greenish tinge, funnel-shaped bowl with flared rim, applied pale blue trail around rim, applied solid transparent blue knop, applied pale green pedestal foot with foot rim folded under.
Light green cup with aqua knop and lip.
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. Von Zezschwitz Art and Design, "Karl Bertsch," auction 48, lot 414: "Rotwienglas, 1929." Von Zezschwitz Art and Design, "Italian Design-Murano Glass," 12/9/2010, lot 368: "M.V.M. Cappellin & C., Murano, Gläsersatz, 1929."
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