The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 27, 2022

The Ermine

1930

firm of Ferro Toso

(Italian)

designed by

Guido Maria Balsamo Stella

(Italian, 1882-1942)

Italy, Venice, 20th century

Glass

Overall: 24.6 x 11.8 x 14.3 cm (9 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1947.169

Location

not on view

Provenance
purchased at the Bienniale, Venice by William Mathewson Milliken, Cleveland.
Citations
Beltrami, Cristina, and Giordana Naccari. The Glass Ark: Animals in the Pierre Rosenberg Collection. 2021, 45. Mentioned and reproduced: pp, 44-45, fig. 16
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the Month: The Animal and Man. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 29, 1948-January 10, 1949).

Venetian Decorative Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1956-January 9, 1957).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.169