Vintage Murano Blue and Red Glass Decanter, 1950s

Description

An original vintage clear glass decanter decorated ‘a fasce’, with two bands of coloured glass – red and blue – … more An original vintage clear glass decanter decorated ‘a fasce’, with two bands of coloured glass – red and blue – applied to the face of the glass and heated and worked until they’re flat to the surface. The stopper is mouth-blown and hollow. The decanter was, it seems, modelled after Gio Ponti’s ‘970’ service for Venini in 1946, which has the same cylindrical form, decoration and colour palette. It was made on the island of Murano, probably sometime in the 1950s or 60s, but the maker is unknown. less