Fluted vase with dolphins
Venezia-Murano Company
ca. 1860 · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The rippled edge of this fluted vase and the twisted tails of the dolphins recall the exaggerated forms of baroque glass that caught the eye of King Frederick IV of Denmark when he visited Venice in 1708. This showpiece demonstrates how nineteenth-century glassmakers remastered—and in some cases surpassed—earlier techniques.
- Artist
- Venezia-Murano Company
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Italian, Venice (Murano)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
