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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Swan Salt
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
20th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
late 19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1850-1950
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.
Salviati Dott. Antonio
ca. 1890
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.
Salviati Dott. Antonio
ca. 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.
Salviati Dott. Antonio
ca. 1890