Green orb composed of horizontal green glass canes with an inlay of silver and gold at the aperture.
A prototype, never produced,
Engraved: Stearns per Venini 61 Il vaso per le lacrime del Doge Orbe verde.
Hand written label: Stearns Venini 61 – Vessel for The Doges Tears.
5 1/2 in. high (14 cm)
Exhibitions:
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.
Bibliography and comparative texts:
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 142;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 179.