Straw-colored bowl composed of thin glass decorated with large bubbles. Foot and trim in red pasta vitrea with application of gold leaf.
Acid stamped:
M.V.M. Cappellin Murano.
6 3/4 in. high (17.2 cm)
Ø; 7 3/4 in. (19.7 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;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.
Bibliography and comparative texts:
G. Dell’Oro, 1931, p. 563;
Mostra di vetri…, 1931, p. 19;
Domus, 1933, October, pp. 527-529;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1982, p. 260;
Mille anni…, 1982, p. 262;
Vetri Murano…, 1982, p. 26;
Vetri di Murano…, 1982, n. 106;
F. Deboni, 1996, p. 34;
M. Barovier, 1997, p. 192;
M. Barovier, 1998 (a), p. 6;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 114;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 17;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 30.