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Dish

VENINI & CO., Murano (manufacturer), Carlo SCARPA (designer)
Dish
 (c. 1960)

Medium
glass (kiln-worked)

Measurements
3.8 × 18.0 × 8.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Klaus Moje, Fellow, 1995

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Murano, Italy

Inscription
printed (vertically) in ink on paper label on base c.: VENINI / N.___ / L.___ / MADE IN ITALY
printed (vertically) on paper label on base c.: INV
inscribed (vertically) in fibre-tipped pen on base c.: 18116

Accession Number
1995.470

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
A canoe-shaped dish in opaque, fused glass with ovoid, ultramarine blue elements fused within a dark matrix which, in transmitted light, appears as a deep claret wine colour. The surface is finely ground throughout and the base retains its original paper label.

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