Scrolling design with griffin and a bear's mask

Leopoldo Bearzotti|Dr. Antonio Salviati Company

1868 · Glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Scrolling design with griffin and a bear's mask — Leopoldo Bearzotti|Dr. Antonio Salviati Company

The confronted heads of the griffin and boars in gold introduced into the acanthus-scroll decoration may refer to a marriage of two families who bore these emblems as armorial crests.

Artist
Leopoldo Bearzotti|Dr. Antonio Salviati Company
Date
1868
Medium
Glass
Culture
Italian, Venice (Murano)
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881

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