Carlo Scarpa

Ferraris - Rocca collection, Venice, Italy

M. Barovier, C. Sonego, La Vetreria M.V.M. Cappellin e il Giovane Carlo Scarpa 1925 – 1931, Skira, 2018, p. 321 (for a similar example of the vase)

M. Barovier, C. Sonego, La Vetreria M.V.M. Cappellin e il Giovane Carlo Scarpa 1925 – 1931, Skira, 2018, p. 287 (for a similar example of the bowl)

Among the opaque glass, Cappellin also proposed a varied series of black glass items made with different finishes. Some of them are characterized by a strong iridescence obtained by exposing the glass to tin's or titanium’s vapors that deposited on the surface, form a thin iridescent metallic patina. Others glasses are decorated with oxidised silver leaves, which creates suggestive material effects or are distinguished by a refined combination with coral red glass paste, used for details such as the thread to the mouth or foot, or the foot itself.

In this last series in some cases were used recent models designed by Carlo Scarpa, in others we're repurposed old transparent models already designed by Zecchin, which were transformed with new results, through the use of opaque glass.

Since 1910, C.V.M. (Compagnia di Venezia e Murano) began retailing glassworks by other Muranese glasswork companies and used to sign these including them in its collection. The C.V.M. acid signature have been inscribed at a different date from that of the glass execution. These glasses was designed and produced for the M.V.M. (Maestri Vetrai Muranesi) Cappellin & C..