Compote in primavera glass with applied leaves and trim in black glass. Primavera glass, a milky- looking seemingly craquelé glass, had a very limited production. Its composition was the result of an accidental mixture of chemicals that was impossible to replicate.

8 1/2 in. high (21.6 cm)

Exhibitions:
1930, Monza, 4th Esposizione Internazionale delle Arti Decorative
e Industriali Moderne;
1930, Venice, 17th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu,
Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
La Casa Bella, 1930, May, pp. 50, 51;
La Casa Bella, 1930, June, pp. 56, 57;
A. Dorigato, 1989, pp. 18, 19;
M. Barovier, 1993, n. 92;
M. Heiremans, 1993, n. 34;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1994, n. 21;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 7;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 10.