Tall cup with decorative handles, ca. 1925–1927

Distributed byPauly & C., founded 1866

DesignUmberto Bellotto, Venezia 1882–1940 Venezia

Clear glass, blown in a spike mould, applied black (dark violet) glass

(H x W x D)38,5 x 16,9 x 13,1 cm

Place of originMurano

Status

not on display

About the workAlthough the black decorative elements are made of glass, they look like metal mountings. Like his father, Umberto Bellotto was in fact an ironsmith and in 1910, together with the architect Cesare Laurenti, developed a process for combining iron and glass. In 1928, he became an interior decorator for the National Fascist Party in Rome under the dictator Benito Mussolini, also the son of a blacksmith. In the previous years, he had designed the glassware for Pauly & C.. The trading company acted as a “publisher” of Venetian glass art.

AccessionGift of Udo van Meeteren, 1975

Provenanceo.D. Udo van Meeteren (1926 - 2024), Düsseldorf, erworben vom Hersteller; 1975 erworben durch Schenkung von Udo van Meeteren

Inventory numberP 1975-8

Art Deco

Contact

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