Bowl

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Object Name: 
Bowl
Maker(s): 
Martens, Dino (Italian, 1894-1970), Designer
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks (Italian, f. 1938), Manufacturer
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
98.3.59
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.9 cm, W: 41.0 cm, D: 40.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1952
Credit Line: 
Gift of Luis O. Barros
Web Description: 
Dino Martens (Italian, 1894-1970) worked in Venice as a painter and designer for glass and mosaics. From 1944 to 1959, he was the head glass designer at the Vetreria Aureliano Toso on Murano, where he produced his most successful work. This bowl is made in a cane technique called zanfirico, which dates back to the 16th-century.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Barros, Luis O., Source
1998-12-28
Color: 
colorless
turquoise
white
Technique: 
applied decoration
mold-blown glass
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
VETRERIA - AURELIANO TOSO - MURANO
Label
: 
Stamped On base Original label with cream colored paper and silver foil border and lettering in relief.

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent turquoise, and opaque white glass; applied, mold-blown. "Zanfirico" bowl; uneven wavy rim flaring in to circular base; decoration formed by wavy canes of white and turquoise; circular cream colored label with silver foil border and lettering on base: VETRERIA/AURELIANO/TOSO/MURANO.

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 75, #127; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 41 (1999) illustrated, pp. 206-207, #58; BIB# AI43981
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1998 (1999) illustrated, p. 13; BIB# AI95009