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Object NameJ-shaped Bird

Maker Alessandro Pianon (Italian, 1931-1984)

Maker Vetreria Vistosi (Founded by Guglielmo Vistosi)

Made FromGlass, metal wire

Date1962

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

Techniqueblown, applied millefiori, soldered wire

SizeOverall H: 30.9 cm, W: 5.4, L (max): 14.3 cm

Accession Number85.3.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBlue-green glass with red and blue inclusions; blown, applied millefiori, soldered wire. J-shaped; stylized tubular body of transparent blue-green cased in colorless glass formed into a "J" curve, one end flattened and pulled horizontally at one point to create suggestion of a beak and the other end crimped to form a tail; lower half of body is decorated with three separated bands of alternating red and blue circular inclusions; two slices of black, white, orange and yellow millefiori are applied to two indentations on opposite sides near flattened top to create eyes; base with irregular opening approximately 1/4 way from tail end and next to two adjoining colorless prunts with ground ends; each prunt has been inserted with a copper cylinder which is, in turn, inserted with copper wire feet soldered to form flat, connecting wire feet.
Provenance

Source Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse - 1985-01-02