New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Table Ornament In The Form Of A Garden Sculpture

Manufacturer Venini & C. (Italian, founded 1921)

Designer Napoleone Martinuzzi (Italian, 1892-1977)

CultureItalian

Dateca. 1926-1930

MediumSolid-worked glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Inscribedstock number 10315

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

Object number97.42.59

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 2 Sh1

DescriptionThis glass sculpture is of a colorless pietradura (semi-precious stone) seahorse sitting on a ribbed, white lattimo glass base in the form of a column. The horse has two outstretched legs and a long serpentine tail coiling around the base.

Label TextVenini & C. Venice, Italy Table Ornaments in the Form of Garden Sculptures, ca. 1926-30 Solid-worked glass Gift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler 97.42.59 Napoleone Martinuzzi, Italian (1892-1977) may have had a hand in the design of these table ornaments- perticularly the colorless and opaque white example.Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999.