Alba

A footed pitcher in light blue alba glass, cased with several layers of colored glass, incamiciato.
Heart-shaped mouth. Foot and prunted collar in cristallo glass.
The whole pitcher decorated with gold leaf applications.

6 1/2 in. high (16.5 cm)

Exhibitions:
1933, Milan, 5th Triennale;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu,
Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venini blue catalogue, n. 3464;
R. Aloi, 1955 p. 27;
Mille anni…, 1982, n. 527;
F. Deboni, 1989, n. 38;
R. Barovier Mentasti 1992, n. 57;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 1996, nn. 53, 55;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1998, nn. 52, 54;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 161;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 35;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 56.