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

Sea Shell

Artist Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974)
Manufacturer Barovier & Toso (Italian)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1937
MediumCast and iridized glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (8.9 x 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler
Object number97.42.8
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a shell in clear iridized glass in the NAUTILUS pattern, a series produced in 1937.

Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999. "Clear as Crystal: Colorless Glass from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 19, 2020 - July 11, 2021.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Ercole Barovier
ca. 1948
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Ercole Barovier
ca. 1948
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ercole Barovier
ca. 1937
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Ercole Barovier
ca. 1938
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ercole Barovier
ca. 1930s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Flavio Poli
ca. 1930's
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Venini & C.
1960-1969
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Venetian
1920-1999