Elegant Hand Blown Mauve Colored Glass Vase - Vintage Early 21st Century

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Exquisite Glass Hand Blown Mauve Glass Vase White Inside Unmarked Venini

Cased-glass with mauve exterior and white interior. Handblown form … Read more Exquisite Glass Hand Blown Mauve Glass Vase White Inside Unmarked Venini

Cased-glass with mauve exterior and white interior. Handblown form


Art Glass Vase - Hand Blown Mauve 9" Glass Vase with Ruffle Edge and Clear Glass Middle Rigaree (A raised band or pattern of bands, usually made by crimping applied trails.) The meaning of RIGAREE is ornamentation on glass (as of early wine decanters) consisting of narrow applied bands forming parallel ribs.

Venini like Opalino Small Vase in Mauve with Milk White Inside Murano Glass


About Venini
Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano. While the company’s founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Giò Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns of the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.

Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm, he took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction it produced mainly classical Baroque designs. In 1932, he hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).

Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt. Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.

With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st century — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.

Creator
Venini (Manufacturer)
Style
Modern (In the Style Of)

Place of Origin: Italy
Period: 21st Century
Contemporary or Mid Century Modern

• Dimensions -9" tall table to top of rim with a 7” mouth opening - 1 3/4" diameter throat 2 1/8" at the Middle Rigaree and 3 1/4" diameter base.

Mouth blown and molded. The piece dates to the mid century mad men era of the 60s. No flaws to report. Color is well saturated with a lovely wave rim

• Condition; Like New No Chips, Scratches, Cracks or Crazing, No Repairs.

Notice the pontil mark or punt mark, the scar where the pontil, punty or punt was broken from a work of blown glass. The presence of this scar indicates that an art glass item, whether vase, bottle or bowl was blown freehand. In place of the scar may also be a smooth circle where the punt was 'scooped' out.

A wonderful gift for any Glass collector, glass enthusiast or, to add to your own collection!

Envision this vase overflowing with flowers, from daisies to tulips or another of your favorites.

This piece stands 9" tall and 7" in diameter at its widest. It's in excellent condition with no chips or cracks or cloudiness. The bottom has the pontil indicating blown glass. These pieces with the Rigaree details are often attributed to the Victorian era. See less