Lid
Lid
Manufacturer
Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C. (M.V.M. Cappellin & C.)
(Italian, 1925-1932)
Place of OriginItaly, Venice
Date1925-1931
DimensionsLid - H: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
MediumSoda-lime glass; blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mary, Sarah, and Myra La Rocque and Sylvia Sherman Plesco in memory of George Courtright Greener
Object number
2011.78A
Not on View
Description(A lid, B base).
Flat lid with bright tooled lip and straight flange, finial composed of tooled flowers and leaves of opaque green, green, blue, white and yellow glass.
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, "Murano Glas: Auktion 88B," auction 88B, 2/9/2010, lot 22: "M.V.M. Cappellin & C., Deckeldose."
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