Three seashells. The shell on the top is composed of clear cristallo, the middle of straw-colored glass, and the bottom one is in pink glass.
All three are strongly iridized.

All acid stamped:
venini murano
MADE IN ITALY and venini murano ITALIA.
Original paper label.
6 in. long (15.2 cm)
9 13/16 in. long (25 cm)
7 in. long (17.8 cm)

Exhibitions:
1942, Venice, 23rd 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. 4556;
R. Aloi, 1945, n. 23;
F. Deboni, 1989, nn. 77, 79;
M. Barovier, 1991, n. 57;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti,
A. Dorigato, 1995, p. 52;
H. Ricke, E. Schmitt, 1996, n. 49;
M. Barovier, 1997, p. 224;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 76;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 113.