Primavera

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Object Name: 
Compote
Title: 
Primavera
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
87.3.23
Dimensions: 
H: 24 cm, D:(rim) 23.5 cm, (foot): 13.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1987
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Angelo Barovier
Primary Description: 
Translucent striated white glass cased in colorless, black with gold inclusions; blown with hot applications. Shallow flared bowl with lip wrap of black with gold inclusions; bowl attached with black/gold patty to straight, white stem decorated on opposite sides with rows of three stylized leaves with curled tips in black and gold; stem attached with black and gold patty to white flaked, hollow, conical foot with black/gold edge wrap; rough pontil, inscribed on base near edge: "barovier/& toso/murano", white paper label "25291" and company name.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Barovier, Angelo (Italian, b. 1927), Source
Color: 
Transluscent striated white
Technique: 
blown with hot applications