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Aventurine, as its name suggests, is glass decorated with aventitius surface effects resembling the shining flecks of natural quartz. The decoration revives a seventeenth-century technique pioneered in the Murano (Venice) glasshouse of the Miotto family.
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Title: Blue and golden-toned aventurine glass vase
Date: 19th century
Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
Medium: glass
Dimensions: Overall: 9 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (23.8 × 13.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
Accession Number: 81.8.123
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