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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Transparent And Blue Glass Figurine
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Transparent And Blue Glass Figurine

Manufacturer Fratelli Toso (Italian, 1854 - 1902)
CultureItalian
Datelate 1960's
MediumBlown glass with hot applications
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 x 3 in. (26.7 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedEtched: F TOSO
Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler
Object number97.42.22
Not on view
DescriptionThis sculpture is a transparent blue and clear glass figurine. The figurine is abstract in design and is circa the late 1960's. It is the parent of a smaller figurine (97.42.21). The legs and hollowed out torso are of a blue glass. The head and the applied arms are of clear glass. The designer could be Rosanna Toso (b. 1941).

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Fratelli Toso
late 1960's
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ferro Toso & C.
ca. 1932
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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ca. 1953
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Venetian
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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