Filigrana a Retorti Vase
Artist
Unknown
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1920
MediumBlown glass
Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon
Object number2022.21.70
Not on view
DescriptionBulbous body, tapered foot, neck widens to rim. Complex filigrana decoration in pale blue and colorless glass. Colorless canes encase thin, light blue threads of reticello (net-like) with a central retarti (twisted) lattimo (white) glass. Vertical light blue threads. Can feel vertical ribbing created by fused technique. Blown foot is more simple and has no lattimo glass: light blue and dark blue stripes in colorless glass, with faint spiral.
Compagnie des Cristalleries des Saint-Louis
ca. 1845-1855
1990
