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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, 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 to 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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