A PAIR OF FINE APPLIED GLASS BIRDS

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A PAIR OF FINE APPLIED GLASS BIRDS
DESIGNED BY NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI FOR VENINI AND THE COMPAGNIA DI VENEZIA E MURANO (C.V.M.), CIRCA 1930

In 'calcedonia' green glass, modeled as peacocks perched on a circular base, their heads heightened with gold flecks, acid stamped VENEZIA MURANO COMPANY below a crown
17in. (43.3cm.) long

cf. Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Napoleone Martinuzzi Vetrario del Novecento, plates 86 and 89; Franco Deboni, Le Verre Venini, plate 22 for illustrations of variants of this model (2)

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