Hermonia Vivarini (16th-century), was a Venetian glass artist.Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass: A Special Exhibition, 1958: the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York
She was born to the glass artist Alvise Vivarini of Murano.
On 22 May 1521, she was granted a ten-year-long patent and privilege to manufacture a glass pitcher shaped as a ship of her own design (navicella).Margaret Doody, Tropic of Venice, 2007 It was uncommon for women to be granted a privilege from the famous glass guild of Murano. She was a successful artist, and her ship-shaped pitcher design became popular and was copied by many contemporary artists.
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