A flat circular vase with a short neck and slightly spouted lip. In an over amethyst-colored glass, interior shaped as a water droplets, the thick cased body contains cascading colors of deep blue and sea blue and clear glass.

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Object Timeline

-0001	We photographed this object.
1950	Work on this object began.
1970	Work on this object ended.
1971	We acquired this object.
2014	We exhibited this object.
2015	We photographed this object. This was an Object of the Day.
2018	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Vase (Italy)

This is a vase. It was made by Salviati & Company. It is dated ca. 1960 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is blow and cased glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

The island of Murano in Venice has been an important creative center for the art of glass blowing for over a thousand years. In this bud vase, Salviati & Company combined new and old techniques, including casing, in which a dense amethyst core appears to float weightlessly in bands of azure and colorless glass.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Floating Colors.

It is credited Gift of Michael Lewis Balamuth.

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Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
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Vase (USA)
mold-blown favrile glass.
Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
1966-55-15

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A glass vase with white stripes and multi-colored polka dots. The shape of the vase is narrow and only gets slightly narrower at its base and at its neck. The neck blooms again only slightly into an irregular lip at the top, the left side of the lip a little lower than the right. The white stripes are imperfect and run vertically down the vase. In between the stripes various polka dots of different sizes and colors are also imperfectly-shaped, most of them appearing drippy. Each dot has a center color and an outer color, ranging from centers of vibrant blue, yellow, maroon, and pink, and outer colors of the same.

Murrine Vase, 1956
blown glass.
Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman.
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Bowl (Italy)
glass.
Gift of Michael Lewis Balamuth.
1971-66-1

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molded, glazed and gilt porcelain.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2000-32-1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 26.4 x 23.2 x 6.2 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of base: ragged circular label, black ink on gold paper: "SALVIATI & CO. / VENICE/ MADE IN ITALY"

Cite this object as

Vase (Italy); Made by Salviati & Company (Italy); blow and cased glass; H x W x D: 26.4 x 23.2 x 6.2 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.); Gift of Michael Lewis Balamuth; 1971-66-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color and Making Design.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CG5V/
Accession Number 1971-66-2
Object ID 18475373