PROPERTY FROM THE VENINI ARCHIVES Napoleone Martinuzzi Important early pulegoso glass cup 1928 With applied blue glass handles and rim. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high, 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) diameter Produced by Venini, Italy. Underside acid-etched with “venezia murano/Italia” and surmounted with CVM crown. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Venini.
Provenance Venetian Glass: An Important Private Collection 1910-1960, Sotheby's, Geneva, November 19, 1999, Lot 114 Exhibited XVI Biennale di Venezia, 1928; "Rassegna Retrospectiva 1930-1940," Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1981 Literature Carlo Pirovano, Vetri Murano Oggi, Milan, 1981, p. 31, no. 67; Marina Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Maestro Vetraio del Novecento, Padua, 2001, illustrated p. 73 Catalogue Essay Compagnia Venezia Murano (CVM), founded in 1877, was a prominent Venetian retailer of furniture and decorative objects. The firm offered glassware produced by prestigious European makers including Gallé, Daum, and Venini. During the 1920s CVM frequently marked its merchandise, produced by outside firms, with an acid-etched crown, as in the present lot. Read More
PROPERTY FROM THE VENINI ARCHIVES Napoleone Martinuzzi Important early pulegoso glass cup 1928 With applied blue glass handles and rim. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high, 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) diameter Produced by Venini, Italy. Underside acid-etched with “venezia murano/Italia” and surmounted with CVM crown. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Venini.
Provenance Venetian Glass: An Important Private Collection 1910-1960, Sotheby's, Geneva, November 19, 1999, Lot 114 Exhibited XVI Biennale di Venezia, 1928; "Rassegna Retrospectiva 1930-1940," Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1981 Literature Carlo Pirovano, Vetri Murano Oggi, Milan, 1981, p. 31, no. 67; Marina Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Maestro Vetraio del Novecento, Padua, 2001, illustrated p. 73 Catalogue Essay Compagnia Venezia Murano (CVM), founded in 1877, was a prominent Venetian retailer of furniture and decorative objects. The firm offered glassware produced by prestigious European makers including Gallé, Daum, and Venini. During the 1920s CVM frequently marked its merchandise, produced by outside firms, with an acid-etched crown, as in the present lot. Read More
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