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Object NameBird

Maker Vetreria Vistosi (Founded by Guglielmo Vistosi)

Maker Alessandro Pianon (Italian, 1931-1984)

Made FromGlass, metal wire

Date1962

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

Techniqueblown,applied bit,applied millefiori,soldered wire

SizeOverall H: 22.4 cm, W: 13.5 cm, L: 13.7 cm

Accession Number85.3.19

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent red-orange glass; blown with applied bits, applied millefiori, soldered wire. Ovoid shape; stylized body of transparent red-orange glass, covered with red-orange bits and pulled at one point to suggest a beak; two black, white, orange and yellow slices of millefiori have been applied to two indentations placed at approximately equal distance from the beak, to create eyes; base with adjoining colorless prunts; each prunt has been inserted with a copper cylinder which is, in turn, inserted with copper wire legs soldered to form flat, connecting wire feet.
Provenance

Source Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse - 1985-01-02