Bowl

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

Place of OriginVenice

Date1925-1931

DimensionsOverall H: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm);
Diam (bowl): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

MediumSoda-lime glass; mold-blown; tooled lip, etched, applied decoration.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

2011.72A

Not on View

DescriptionBowl made of transparent soda-lime glass blown in optic mold, tooled lip and etched, applied hollow fruit with applied stem and leaf in ice glass technique. Light pink sugar bowl with lid and lemon finial.

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.