Vetro Soffiato Centerpiece by Guido Balsamo Stella Attr. For Pauli & Cia. c.v.m. Murano

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Vetro Soffiato Centerpiece by Guido Balsamo Stella attr. for Pauli & Cia. C.V.M. Murano

A large “Vetro Soffiato” art glass … Read more Vetro Soffiato Centerpiece by Guido Balsamo Stella attr. for Pauli & Cia. C.V.M. Murano

A large “Vetro Soffiato” art glass bowl attributed to Guido Balsamo Stella. Distributed and most likely made by Pauli & Cia. C.V.M. Murano Venice ca. 1920s. Made of thin, smoke-colored glass with a conical bowl, four compressed discs below the bowl and a bell-shaped stem. Signed with a paper label from the Pauli & Cia. company. A great example of the outstanding art glass production of Murano. Good condition, some scratches on the foot due to production.

Measures:
Height: 9.57" (24.3 cm)
Diameter: 12.2" (31 cm)

Pauli & Cia. C.V.M. is founded by Dr. Salviati Antonio as 'The Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company'. Salviati leaves the company in 1877 and the company is renamed 'Compagnia di Venezia e Murano' (C.V.M.). The company is mainly involved in the production and sale of Venetian glassware. However, imported glassware from Loets, Tiffany, Daum and Gallè is also sold. In 1910, the company ceases its own production. In 1920, it is sold together with Pauly & Cia. to a Milanese company and a year later to Gaetano Ceschina. The companies traded together under the name 'Compagnia di Venezia e Murano Pauli & Cia'. In addition to lighting fixtures, the company also produced high-quality glasses based on designs by Guido Balsamo Stella, Napoleone Martinuzzi, Umberto Belotto, Flavio Poli and Vittorio Zecchin. After the Second World War, the company's own production was discontinued and glasses from Alfredo Barbini, Livio Seguso and foreign glass manufacturers such as Moser and Libenski were distributed.

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Literature Reference:
Tiziana Casagrande and Ferruccio Franzoia, Venetian Glasses, Milano 2021, pages 409 and 451 (similar designs)
Rosa Barovier Mentasti,Vetro veneziano contemporaneo, Venezia 2011, page 43 See less