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
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.
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