Trasparente
Object Details
- Designer
- Umberto Bellotto, Italian, 1882–1940
- Manufacturer
- Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia e Murano, Murano, Venice,Italian, founded 1919
- Description
- Part of the “Trasparente” series. The body of the vase is made of transparent green blown glass. It consists of a double bubble body, cinched at the waist, on top of which rests a long, narrow neck that flares into a disk. The body rests on a large circular foot. Things of black, opaque glass ornament the neck and waist of the vessel, while the top lip and foot are rimmed in black. Two large spiral handles of green transparent glass are attached to the body of the vessel.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman
- ca. 1927
- Accession Number
- 2015-48-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- glasswares
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Vase
- Type
- Vase
- Medium
- blown glass
- Dimensions
- H: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
- made in
- Murano, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2015-48-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43994ea0b-92f7-4bb4-baa7-d3512220027e
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