Cup with seahorse stem
Dr. Antonio Salviati Company
1860–75 · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Along with establishing a company that specialized in colorful glass mosaics for architecture, Salviati opened a workshop for blown glass that gained renown for the fanciful creatures incorporated into varied designs. Seahorses, stallions, dragons, and other exotic creatures formed the stems of cups, bows and candlesticks.
- Artist
- Dr. Antonio Salviati Company
- Date
- 1860–75
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
