Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Dragon Compote

Manufacturer Artisti Barovier (Italian, 1884 - 1919)

Manufacturer Fratelli Toso (Italian, 1854 - 1902)

CultureItalian

Date1895-1914

MediumBlown and applied glass

Dimensions5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (13.3 × 19.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon

Object number2022.21.6

On View

On view

DescriptionOpalescent glass bowl with wavy rim, and rim wrap of colorless glass with traces of hot-applied gold leaf. Stem, foot, and dragon of colorless glass with traces of hot-applied gold leaf. Dragon perches at rim with mouth open, wings back; tail wraps around stem.
Exhibition History"Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024.Published ReferencesIllustrated in Sheldon Barr’s Venetian Glass: Confections in Glass, 1855-1914, Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1998, page 91.