Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.

Filigrana a Retorti Vase

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1920

MediumBlown glass

Dimensions10 in. (25.4 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Marjorie Reed Gordon

Object number2022.21.70

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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.