Ewer with Seahorse
Artist
Salviati
(Italian, 1854 - 1902)
Artist
Societa Salviata & Co.
(Italian, 1866 - 1872)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1880
MediumOptic-molded, blown, and applied glass with hot-applied gold leaf
Dimensions12 in. (30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon
Object number2022.21.14
Not on view
DescriptionColorless and pale pink polveri glass (powdered fragments of colored glass); pale green glass at lower body. Ewer with long scroll handle and stemmed foot; decorated with a seahorse on the front body, facing outwards.Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.Published ReferencesIllustrated in Sheldon Barr’s Venetian Glass: Confections in Glass, 1855-1914, Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1998, page 88.
