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tableware

Object Name15 Piece Venetian Tableware

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1920-1929

Place MadeItaly, Venice

Techniquemold blown, applied, tooled, polished, assembled

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number2000.3.28

Credit LineGift of Nancy Neale and Irving Silverman in Memory of Marguerita and Charles B. Mergentime, Mrs. Silverman's Parents

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionBrilliant yellow glass; mold-blown. Candlesticks: tooled, assembled. Cylindrical candle cup with flared flange rim atop a spool shape atop a pan shape bobeche atop a multi-sectioned stem consisting of: baluster shape atop a ribbed knop between two different height spool shapes, three loop shapes with attached flowers attached to knop and bottom of lower spool shape merese atop inverted baluster shape atop a conical foot. Center bowl: rounded octagonal shape tapering down to a short cylindrical base. Cordial: octagonal shape bowl with trails extending a third of the way up the bowl. Three part stem with gold foil decoration and a spiral shaped knop extending down to a circular foot with a folded under edge; rough pontil mark. Wineglass: octagonal shaped bowl with trails extending up the bowl. Three part stem with gold foil decoration and a spiral shaped knop extending down to a circular foot with a folded under edge. Visible pontil mark on bottom (polished). Water glass: octagonal shaped bowl with trails extending up the bowl. Three part stem with gold foil decoration and a spiral shape knop extending down to a circular foot with a folded under edge. Visible pontil mark on bottom (polished). Small plate: rounded octagonal shape with ribs on the underside tapering down to a short cylindrical base. Salt cellar: octagonal shaped cup with an applied conical foot; rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Source Irving Silverman - 2000-05-29

Source Nancy Silverman - 2000-05-29