vase

Object NameBottle-Shaped Gru Vase

Maker Dino Martens (Italian, 1894-1970)

Manufacturer Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks (Italian, f. 1938)

Made FromGlass

Date1958

SizeOverall H: 49.8 cm, Diam: 14.3 cm

Accession NumberL.17.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Italy, Venice, Murano

Physical DescriptionBottle-Shaped Gru Vase. Colorless and multicolored opaque and translucent glass; canes, fused, applied, blown, tooled, cut, ground, polished. Vase with conical shape base extending up to a very long narrow neck. Multicolor canes placed vertically except the one that wraps around the base of the vessel horizontally, some different canes used on the bottom of the base.