Parrot
Object NameParrot
Maker
Fulvio Bianconi
(Italian, 1915-1996)
Maker
Venini Glassworks
Made FromGlass
Date1953
Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano
Techniquefree-blown, tooled, applied parts, latticinio dec.
SizeOverall H: 40 cm; Base Diam: 9.2 cm
Accession Number53.3.61
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white, and opaque multicolored glasses; blown and hot-worked, with applied parts and with imbedded "fenicio" canes. Conical clear stand with slightly concave base with rough pontil mark, decorated with a network of opaque white threads, erect sitting opaque white parrot with multicolored scale-like feathers, and applied red comb, yellow beak, black eyes and yellow claws; the tail feathers are separated from each other through manipulating.Provenance
Source
Georg Jensen
- 1953
