Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design

Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier Italian
 Possibly Benvenuto Barovier Italian
 Attributed to The Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company Ltd. (Salviati & Co.) Italian

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.

Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)

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Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)
Mosaic glass urn with silver leaf design, Possiibly Giuseppe Barovier (Italian, 1853–1942), Glass: blown-worked mosaic glass with applied hot-worked glass, Italian, Venice (Murano)

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