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Dessert Decoration in the form a Glass Garden

Dessert Decoration in the form a Glass Garden

 
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Object Name: 
Dessert Decoration in the form a Glass Garden
Department
European
Maker(s)
Briati, Giuseppe, Maker
Place Made: 
Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Venice Murano
Date: 
about 1760
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 68 cm, L: 94 cm
Accession Number: 
2002.3.19
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Opaque white, opalescent colorless and opaque colored glass; lampworked, assembled, glued. Group of glass pieces in the shape of an Italian rococo garden, consisting of central fountain flanked by dolphins, flower beds and flower vases.
Provenance
Galleria Rossella Junck, Source
2002-07-24

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Exhibitions

Venice in the Age of Canaletto
Venue(s)
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 2009-10-08 through 2010-01-10
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 2010-02-13 through 2010-05-10
The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-10-17 through 2003-02-16
 

Publications

Glass Dessert Table Settings in Venice in the 18th Century (2004) illustrated, pp. 164-165, fig. 3, 4;
'The Magic of the Lamp' at Corning Museum of Glass (2003-01) illustrated, p. 22A, lower right;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 207, fig. 9;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 2;

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