Dessert Decoration in the form of a Glass Garden

Object Name: 
Dessert Decoration in the form of a Glass Garden

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Object Name: 
Dessert Decoration in the form of a Glass Garden
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
2002.3.19
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 68 cm, L: 94 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1760
Primary 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.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Galleria Rossella Junck, Source
2002-07-24

Exhibitions (2)

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 (5)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, pp. 204-205 (fig. 157);
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;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 2; BIB# AI93609
Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 207, fig. 9; BIB# AI59133