Primary Description:
Composition in 2 Parts, "Hopi." Deep translucent red overlaid with amethyst (appearing black), cased in colorless, non-lead glasses; blown with filigree decoration, ground, polished. Two blown vessels, each of red glass with overall decoration of black non-regular, swirling and interlocking concentric lines: (A) Tall flattened vessel with narrow opening with fire polished rim, short neck tapering out slightly to broad shoulder curving to straight-walled body, walls taper in toward very narrow circular base, ground and polished ponti; (B) short rounded vessel (less than half the height of "A"), narrow opening with fire polished rim, extended neck tapering out slightly to swollen broad shoulder curving to straight-walled body and tapering sharply to very narrow circular base; ground and polished pontil; engraved in script on bottom around pontil area of "A": "Lino Tagliapietra/96"; "B" unsigned.