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| Keywords: Salviati & Co - Mosaic Bowl - Walters 47298 - Interior.jpg Vincenzo Moretti a glassmaker for Salviati successfully produced glass bowls in the late 1870s using the ancient technique of mosaic glass Makers of mosaic glass cut thin slices of from long thin rods known as canes The slices were placed side by side on a marble slab and heated in a furnace until they fused together The soft flat disk of fused glass was then placed over a bowl-shaped form and heated until it slumped into the desired shape late 19th-early 20th century glass cm 17 3 accession number 47 298 26856 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Salviati and the Antique Ancient Inspiration for Modern Glassmaking The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Salviati glassmakers Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Collections of the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
