murrina del pavone

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Object Name: 
Peacock Cane
Title: 
murrina del pavone
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice, Murano
Accession Number: 
77.3.35
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.4 cm, W: 2 cm, Th: 0.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1913
Credit Line: 
Gift of Guido and Emilio Barovier
Primary Description: 
Black, polychrome non-lead glasses; mosaic, millefiori, cut and polished. Flat, oval form, black background, with an elaborate depiction of a peacock done in a mosaic-millefiori process.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Barovier, Emilio (Italian), Former Collection
1977
Barovier, Guido (Italian), Former Collection
1977
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
multicolored
black
Technique: 
mosaic glass
cutting
millefiori glass
polishing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22

Publications (4)

An Important Private Collection of Italian Glass (2000-11-30) illustrated, lot #2; BIB# 67032
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass (1995) illustrated, p. 37, Fig. 40; BIB# 26765
Cane and Murrine Decoration in 20th Century Glass (1995) illustrated, p. 21; BIB# AI35091
Il Vetro di Murano, Storia, Techniche, Arredamento Il Design Del Vetro Muranese Dai Primi Anni '20 al 1940 (1994) illustrated, Fig. 17, Vol. I, after p. 81; Fig. 38, Vol. II; BIB# 103871