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Large Stag Beetle

Large Stag Beetle

 
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Object Name: 
Large Stag Beetle
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Costantini, Vittorio ((Italian, b. 1944)), Maker
Place Made: 
Italy, Veneto, Venezia, Venice
Date: 
about 1985-1989
Technique
flame-worked
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.8 cm, W: 7.7 cm, D: 3.8 cm
Accession Number: 
86.3.66 C
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Multi-colored non-lead glass; flameworked. Two-part body with large, squarish black flat head with pair of small "fanned" antennae, double pair of jaw pincers (lower pair elongated); extending horizontally from head a pair of curved brownish-red scaled horns; black front part of body; back half of body black with green metallic inclusions; three pairs of scaled legs.
Provenance
Frantz, Susanne K., Source
1986-07-11

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Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2002-10-17 through 2003-02-16

Objects In Set

7 Insects
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66
June Beetle
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 A
 
Single-Horned Beetle
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 B
Large Bee/Hornet/Wasp
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 D
 
Small Bee/Hornet/Wasp
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 E
Dragonfly
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 F
 
Spider
Artist:Costantini, Vittorio
Date:about 1985-1989
Accession Number:86.3.66 G

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