Kuttrolf-Style Vase
Compagnia di Venezia e Murano (CVM), active 1877-1919
ca. 1880s-1890s
Medium
Decorative Arts-Glass
Classification
Decorative Arts-Glass
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
Accession Number
1929.8.469.4
Tags
vase
About this artwork
Notice the twisted, tripartite neck of this slender vase. This divided "kuttrolf" form, used in ancient Roman and medieval German bottles, impeded pouring of the liquid contents, sometimes producing curious sounds in the process. In this instance the vessel is purely ornamental. It was blown with clear glass to emphasize its complex workmanship and the thinness of the material, a measure of the maker's skill.