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Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design

Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier Italian
Possibly Benvenuto Barovier Italian
ca. 1880
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556
When Jarves wrote about his collection of Venetian glass in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in 1881, he described this vessel as a “cinerary urn,” intended to hold the ashes of the dead. The splashy green flame and sparkly surface, created through the application of silver leaf, seem ill-suited to a funerary function.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design
  • Maker: Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942)
  • Maker: Possibly Benvenuto Barovier (Italian, 1855–1932)
  • Manufactory: Attributed to The Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company Ltd. (Salviati & Co.) (Italian, 1859–1987)
  • Date: ca. 1880
  • Culture: Italian, Venice (Murano)
  • Medium: Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass
  • Dimensions: diameter at widest point, confirmed: 11 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (29.8 × 18.4 × 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of James Jackson Jarves, 1881
  • Object Number: 81.8.213a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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