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Wine glass

Designer Karl Bertsch (Austrian, 1895 - 1974)

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

Place of OriginVenice

Date1929-1931

DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

MediumSoda-lime glass; blown, applied knop.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.74

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DescriptionTransparent soda-lime glass with brownish tinge, funnel shaped bowl, fire polished rim piece, applied opaque dark purple glass, appearing black, knop, pedestal foot with foot rim folded under. Fume glass with tall foot and red knop.

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, 10/12/2008, lot 414: "Rotweinglas, 1929." Cf. Von Zezschwitz Art and Design, "Italian Design - Murano Glass," 12/9/2010, lot 368: "M.V.M. Cappellin & C., Murano, Gläsersatz, 1929."