New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Vase

ManufacturerProbably Fratelli Toso (Italian, 1854 - 1902)

CultureItalian

Dateca. 1953

MediumBlown glass and gold dust

DimensionsOverall: 11 7/8 x 8 in. (30.2 x 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler

Object number97.42.24

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 59

DescriptionThis is a tall, bulbous vase of clear glass with an allover dusting of gold. There are eight deep purple, lined with green, vertical lines rising to different heights. These lines alternate with eight deep purple lines, also rising to different heights. This vase, previously thought to be by Barovier and Toso is probably the work of Fratelli Toso,created in 1953 as part of a series of vases with model numbers 17916-?.

Label TextProbably Fratelli Toso Venice, Italy Vase, ca. 1953 Blown glass and gold dust Gift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler 97.42.24 Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999.

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