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Thomas Stearns Vases for the Tears of the Doge

As part of last year’s exhibition Venice and American Studio Glass, the Cini Foundation on the island of San Giorgio showed a series of poetic pieces by Thomas Stearns which included vases “for the tears of the Doge”. Romantically, this might have been inspired by the griev…