Pasta vitrea

Red iridized pasta vitrea pitcher with a large handle and trim in black pasta vitrea.

Acid stamped: M.V.M. Cappellin Murano.
9 5/8 in. high (24.5 cm)
Exhibitions:
1929, Paris, Salon d’Automne;
1930, Monza, 4th Esposizione 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:
M.V.M. Catalogue, n. 5536; Domus, 1930, January p. 38; Mostra di vetri…, 1931, pp. 22, 23; Venezianisches Glas…, 1981, p. 64; Murano Glass…, 1982, n. 122; Mostra del vetro…, 1984, p. 83;
M. Karasik, 1989, n. 4;
M. Barovier, 1991, nn. 1, 2;
M. Barovier, 1997, p. 194;
M. Barovier, 1998 (b), pp. 7, 8, 9;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 141;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 22;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 34.