A large footed vase decorated with a shell in lattimo glass, cased in amethyst-colored glass. The shell and trim in red pasta vitrea. Light applications of gold leaf over the entire surface.

10 3/4 in. high (27.3 cm)
Ø; 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm)
Exhibitions:
1930, Monza, 4th Esposizione Internazionale delle Arti Decorative e Industriali Moderne;
1931, Amsterdam, Exhibition of modern Italian glass, ceramic, and artistic lacework, Stedelijk Museum;
1964, Venice, 32nd Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Exhibition of the Decorative Arts of the Venetian Territory;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Dedalo, 1930, fasc. V, p. 321;
Domus, 1930, July, p. 41;
C.A. Felice, 1930, nn. 12, 30, 40, 81, 82;
U. Nebbia, 1930, p. 13;
R. Pacini, 1930, p. 273;
C.A. Felice, 1941, p. 81;
Vetri Murano…, 1981, p. 33;
Vetri di Murano…, 1982, n. 125;
Mostra del vetro…, 1984, pp. 81, 84;
M. Heiremans, 1996, nn. 85, 86;
F. Deboni, 1996, nn. 70, 71;
M. Barovier, 1997, pp. 198, 199;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 141;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 32;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 53.