Not on display

Vase

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Salviati & C. (makers)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Vase and stopper of clear glass, composed of fragments enclosing twisted latticinio threads among which are set portions of milleflori. The vase has an ovoid body, short stem with two projecting bands and a spreading foot. The stopper has a narrow neck with a scrolled handle on either side and a projection above surmounted by a small finial rounded at the top.

Object details

Object type
Vase
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stopper
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Clear glass enclosing latticinio threads and milleflori.
Glass
Glassworking
Brief description
Vase and stopper, glass, Salviati & Co., Venice, Italy, 19th century
Physical description
Vase and stopper of clear glass, composed of fragments enclosing twisted latticinio threads among which are set portions of milleflori. The vase has an ovoid body, short stem with two projecting bands and a spreading foot. The stopper has a narrow neck with a scrolled handle on either side and a projection above surmounted by a small finial rounded at the top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.4cm (Note: converted from measurement in register)
  • Diameter: 9.8cm (Note: converted from measurement in register)
Gallery label
VASE AND STOPPER

Salviati & Co.

Manufacturers

Venice: about 1845

Clear glass
with latticino threads

set with millefiori

4479 & a-1901

This vase and stopper shows the influence of Salviati &Co.'s association with the English archaeologist, Sir Henry Layard, and the Italian collectors, Augusto and Allessandro Castellani. The use of millefiori technique was the result of studies in 1872 of Roman glass fragments from the Murano museum of glass: it is combined here with latticino work in the style of around 1500 and with a Renaissance shape. The jury of the 1878 Paris Exhibition noted that some of Salviati's glass was not intended for use, due to its fragility.
Bibliographic reference
Zelasko, Stefania, Graflich Schaffgotsch'sche Josephinehutte Kunstglasfabrik in Schreiberhau und Franz Pohl 1842-1900, Passau, 2005, cat. 54.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4479A-1901

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Record createdMay 24, 2005
Record URL
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