ca. 1880
Italy
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumGlass
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SizeH. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
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Geography details
Italy -
Country today
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Dateca. 1880
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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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.
