VENINI, CIRCA 1954

This vase was commissioned for the offices of the Italian shipping company, Italia. The model was produced in a small limited edition of approximately six vases and never went into production.
cf. Mark Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano, p. 282; McFadden, et al., Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection, exh. cat., 2000, p. 122 for illustrations of vases of the same shape.