Attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi (Italian, 1892-1977)

Attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi (Italian, 1892-1977) "Caneton", Venini, Italy, circa 1928

Blown glass with fused zanfirico glass canes

(H: 11 3/4, W: 5 3/4, D: 8 in.)

Provenance

Ex. Collection, Prince Montino Bourbon Del Monte Di San Faustino, Montecito, California
Acquired from the above
Property from a Private American Collection

Footnote:

Literature

Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini: Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, (2000), pp. 72, 196
Marina Barovier, Rosa Barovier Mentasti, and Attilia Dorigato, Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennali 1895-1972, (1995), pp. 28, 120

Condition report:

Very good overall with no major breaks or repairs. The interior with overall, small snowflake-like surface accumulations. The beak with small edge loss where it meets body, likely occuring during annealing (in the making of). Scattered air bubbles to glass throughout, one slightly larger near lower end of back, raised to surface with small carbon inclusions. Various, faint surface scratches to body.