dish

Object NameMurrine (Mosaic) Dish

Maker Venini Glassworks

Maker Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Datedesigned about 1955-1957

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueFused, blown, cased, battuto cut

Accession Number58.3.13

Credit LineGift of Venini

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent amber and blue glasses; fused, blown, cased, and cut. Small, narrow, shallow oval shape (canoa) with ground and polished rim; overall irregular decoration of blue, amber, and two-colored squares surrounding narrow central double row of colorless squares, exterior cased in colorless glass; "battuto" (hammered) wheel-carving on all surfaces; base ground and polished flat. No signature.
Provenance

Former Collection Venini Glassworks - 1958