Lid
Lid
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 (lid): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm);
Diam (lid): 3 5/8 in. (9.2 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
2011.72B
Not on View
DescriptionLid blown of transparent soda-lime glass with purple tinge, blown in optic mold with inverted rim.
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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