Granzioli Dragon Compote

Wide shallow bowl with scalloped rim. Stem is a reclined dragon, holding the bowl with its claws.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Venetian glassmakers adorned blown glass vessels with fantastical creatures, attesting to both their makers’ imaginations and representing a revival of the Venetian glass industry. When glassmaking in Venice reemerged in the 1860s after a half-century of domination and economic suppression by foreign powers, an atmosphere of creativity and friendly competition arose among Venetian glass companies. The result was increasingly inventive and fantastical blown glass creations: the more elaborate, complicated, and bizarre, the better! Manufactured by Salviati Dott. Antonio and Artisti Barovier.