Two stoppered decanters, one in transparent blue and one in grey glass, both decorated with two applied wide opaque fascia of red glass. Matching stoppers with one applied red fascia.

Acid stamped:
venini murano ITALIA.
17 1/4 in. high (44 cm)
18 5/16 in. high (46.5 cm)
Exhibitions:
1956, Venice, 28th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venini, grey catalogue, n. 4582;
G. Ponti, 1959;
A. Gasparetto, 1960, n. 36;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, n. 34, p. 186;
F. Deboni, 1989, n. 122;
M. Heiremans, 1996, n. 166;
Designed for Delight, 1997, n. 75;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 94;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 129;
A. Dorigato, 2002, p. 307.