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

Swan Salt

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureVenetian

Dateca. 1880

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6717

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 30

DescriptionSalt of blown glass. Blown filagree of white with a small amount of blue, pale pink and aventurine. With the bowl in the shape of an exotic swan. Applied hollow baluster clear stem. Round matching filigree foot.

Published ReferencesStaatliche Museen zer Berlin catalogue 1977, _Glas Historismus Und Die Historismen 1900_, #53, almost identical. Merrill, Nancy O. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989) 40, 190.