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Object NameSpider

Maker Vittorio Costantini (Italian, b. 1944)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1985-1989

Place MadeItaly, Venice

Techniqueflame-worked

SizeOverall H: 2.7 cm, W: 4.9 cm, L: 11 cm

Accession Number89.3.15

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

On ViewBen W. Heineman Sr. Family Gallery of Contemporary Glass.

Physical DescriptionOpaque black, reddish-brown, transparent green, non-lead glasses; flameworked. Life-like and life-sized spider with four pairs of long, thin articulated green and black legs emerging from front half of double-ovoid lobed body; small head indicated by two applied reddish eyes and pair of short extending antennae with ball tips; larger rear lobe has metallic inclusion with trailed and pulled black decoration encased in green glass, underside bears tool marks, unsigned.
Provenance

Source Corning Glass Center - 1989-02-23