Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Urn with Ring Handles and Leaf Stem ca. 1885 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Dolphin Candelabrum ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Pair of Green Dolphin Candlesticks ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Pair of Cranberry Dolphin Vases ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Artisti Barovier (Venice) Granzioli Dragon Compote ca. 1895-1915 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Amphora with Swan Handles ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Pink Compote ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Dolphin Vase ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Artisti Barovier (Venice) Pair of Dolphin Candlesticks ca. 1895-1915 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Leaf-Shaped Dragon Compote ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Blue Dolphin Vase ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Cornucopia Candlestick caa. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vetreria Salviati (Venice) Blue Cobalt Chalice with Floral Knob ca. 1890 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vittorio Zecchin (Venice) Amphora ca. 1920-25 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Vittorio Zecchin (Venice) Veronese Vase ca. 1920-25 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Artisti Barovier (Venice) Dragon Vase ca. 1895-1915 glass Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
from Radium
When summer ended, my sister was going to school.
No more staying at home with the dogs,
waiting to catch up.
No one wanted to stay home. Real life
was the world: you discovered radium,
you danced the swan queen. Nothing
explained my mother. Nothing explained
putting aside radium because you realized finally
it was more interesting to make beds,
to have children like my sister and me.
– Louise Glück (2001)