Condition: Used,Brand: ArtGlass,Type: Vase,Country of Origin: Italy A vintage fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase in transparent red glass. Manufactured ca. 1950s by Venini, Venice after a design of Fulvio Bianconi. On the base with acid etched signature 'venini murano MADE IN ITALY'. Venini model number 3927. An iconic midcentury design with unbroken elegance. Good condition, inside on the bottom some irregularities cause during production. In 1921 Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin founded a company that would become world famous. Under the artistic directions of Vittorio Zecchin the Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini & C. become the whiz kid of the golden 1920s. Over the decades, countless world-renowned artists like Napoleone Martinuzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Tomaso Buzzi, Fulvio Bianconi, Tuni Zuccheri, Thomas Stearns, Toots Zynski or Ettore Sottsass have enthusiastically worked for Venini, designing something very special with each of their new techniques and designs. The creations of Venini where honored with several awards. Till today Venini is one of the leading art glass manufacturies on Murano.height: 4.72 inches diameter: 8.66 inches