"A Canne" (Canes) Tumbler

Object NameA Canne (Canes) Tumbler

Maker Venini Glassworks

Maker Gio Ponti (Italian, 1891-1979)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Datedesgined about 1958

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueBlown with cane decoration

SizeOverall H: 14.91 cm; Rim Diam: 7.67 cm

Accession Number58.3.5 B

Credit LineGift of Venini

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Modern Living: Giò Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent blue, red, amber, yellow, and green glasses; fused, blown, and cased. Slightly irregular cylindrical shape tapering towards base, overall decoration of vertical multi-colored canes, fused, blown and cased with colorless glass; rough pontil. No signature.
Provenance

Source Venini Glassworks - 1958

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