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NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI, Important early pulegoso glas

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Important early pulegoso glass cup, 1928

With applied blue glass handles and rim. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high, 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) diameter. Produced by Venini, Italy. Underside acid-etched with "venezia murano/Italia" and surmounted with CVM crown. Together with a certificate of authenticity from Venini.

PROPERTY FROM THE VENINI ARCHIVES

PROVENANCE Venetian Glass: An Important Private Collection 1910-1960, Sotheby's, Geneva, November 19, 1999, Lot 114
EXHIBITED "Rassegna Retrospectiva 1930-1940," Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1981
LITERATURE Carlo Pirovano, Vetri Murano Oggi, Milan, 1981, p. 31, no. 67; Marina Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Maestro Vetraio del Novecento, Padua, 2001, illustrated p. 73

Compagnia Venezia Murano (CVM), founded in 1877, was a prominent Venetian retailer of furniture and decorative objects. The firm offered glassware produced by prestigious European makers including Gallé, Daum, and Venini. During the 1920s CVM frequently marked its merchandise, produced by outside firms, with an acid-etched crown, as in the present lot.

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