Cane Slice with a Gondola

Object Name: 
Cane Slice with a Gondola

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Object Name: 
Cane Slice with a Gondola
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
93.3.30
Dimensions: 
Overall H: .4 cm, L: .8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1843-1845
Credit Line: 
Gift of Giovanni Sarpillon
Primary Description: 
Cane slice with a black gondola in silhouette on blueish-green waves against an opaque white background. It is first encased in translucent pink glass and then with a layer of colorless glass including cane sections of colorless glass with a circle of opaque white stars.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Sarpellon, Giovanni, Former Collection
1993
Color: 
Opaque white, black, red, blue
black
red
Technique: 
millefiori glass

Publications (2)

Miniature di vetro: murrine 1838-1924 (1990) illustrated, p. 45, #429; BIB# 33778
Miniature di vetro: murrine 1838-1924 (1990) illustrated, p. 45, #429; BIB# 33778