Venini Glass
Italian
Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano.
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns of the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.
Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm — he and antiques dealer Giacomo Cappellin established Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini C. in 1921 — Venini took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction, it produced mainly classical Baroque designs.
In 1932, Venini hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).
Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt.
Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.
With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st centuries — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.
Find antique and vintage Venini chandeliers, serveware, table lamps, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Venini
Venini, Murano Glass Paperweight / Abstract Sculpture, Signed
By Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Venini paperweight / abstract sculpture with a traditional swirl ribbon design. This is signed and is shown with circle marker in last picture, very faded, but is (Venini I...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Vetro Calcedonio Vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Murano, ca. 1930s
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vetro calcedonio vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Murano ca. 1930s.
A very rare Murano art glass vase attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi around 1930. Manufactured by Cappelin in the 1920s or Venini in the 1930s. Thin hand blown malachid (calcedonio) glass with curved handles on each side. Similar to Venini model number 3255. This model was produced in different glass types. The vase is not signed. It was bought from a very famous collection in the 1990s. Reach out for more information on the provenance.
Measures:
Height: 9.06" (23 cm)
Diameter: 6.3" (16 cm)
Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892 -1977) was an Italian sculptor and designer who left his mark on Italian glass art in particular. As graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, he worked with Ca' Pesaro artists and exhibited at Ca' Pesaro in 1908. In the 1920s he was appointed as Director of the Murano glass Museum. In 1925 he founded Venini & Co. with Paolo Venini and others, of which he took over the artistic direction. For Venini he created stunning creations in soffiato, opaque and pulegoso glass that received international recognition with many awards. His creations of animals, fruits and succulent plants gained international success too. The Cenedese Glassworks , Seguso Vetro d'Arte and Pauly & Co were his last creative stations.
Literature Reference:
Marino Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Venini 1925 - 1931, Milano 2013, pages 159, 314, 330 (shape) and 323, 328 (glass technique)
Franco Deboni, Venini Glass Volume 2, Turin 2007, page 80 (glass technique)
Marina Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Vetraio del Novecento, Padua 2001, page 27...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tyra Lundgren Vase
Calla
for Venini
By Venini, Tyra Lundgren Carolina
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tyra Lundgren Vase 'Calla' for Venini
A calla vase in filigrana glass designed by Tyra Lundgren in 1948, manufactured by Venini, Venice 1981. Incised signa...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Bowl Pezzato Americano, Venini, Murano 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pezzato Americano bowl in yellow, green, straw and black colored glass designed by Fulvio Bianconi in 1950. Manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1950s. With acid etched signature "Ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Large Glass Dome Pendant Light by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
By Venini
Located in Montclair, NY
A documented Venini chandelier designed by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, the director and designer of famed glass house Venini from 1959-1985. Dome shade is hand blown clear glass with green stripes suspended from a gold plate on brass metal rod and dome ceiling canopy.
Located in showplace antique + design center...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
$1,495 Sale Price
35% Off
Tobia Scarpa Vase
occhi
for Venini, ca. 1970
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Tobia Scarpa Vase 'occhi' for Venini, ca. 1970
A white 'occhi' murrine vase designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1960, manufactured by Venini, Venice ca. 1970. Etched signature 'venini itali...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Ruby Bullicante Bowl by Carlo Scarpa
By Venini
Located in Riverdale, NY
Venini Bullicante bowl in vibrant ruby orange with gold foil inclusions by Carlo Scarpa circa 1950. Measures: 4" x 4" x 2" high. 1950s Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Set of Two Murano Glass Bottles by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two bottles with stopper "A Fasce Verticali" by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Tapio Wirkkala Cup Filigrana for Venini Murano Signed, 1980s
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Rare Murano hand blown dark amethyst/black "Filigrana Nera" cup. Excellent and very fine cylindrical cup with "black filigree" designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, Murano, circa 19...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,342 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Murano Sommerso Collectible Sculpture Venini in Aquamarine glass
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
While some Murano ashtrays come in simple shapes, others have more ornate and sculptural styles. The skilled glassblowers and artisans of the venetian island can effortlessly obtain ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
$2,397 Sale Price
20% Off
Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato"
Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot.
Marked: Venini itali...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Handshake, a Post-War Lattimo Art Glass Sculpture by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exceptionally rare figurine by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini & Co.
Referred to as 'Handshake', the model consists of a gloved hand with a scalloped cuff shaking hands with a naked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Ritagli model vase, Venini production, Designer Fulvio Bianconi
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Busnago, IT
This work by Fulvio Bianconi stems from the most innovative glassmaking technique in the 1900s: thin rectangular strips of glass are placed one on top of the other and then hand-appl...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
"Incamiciato" Italian Art Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Clear, white and purple. With original label.
Signed: Venini Italia '85.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Elegant Contemporary Suspended Murano Blown Glass Crystal Chandelier by Venini
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
951.20 Crystal color glass.
"The “Poliedri” were first proposed as components making up the large Venini chandelier, designed by Ignazio Gardella, Paolo Venini and Massimo Vignelli, presented at the 1958...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Vase by Paolo Venini
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare vase designed by Paolo Venini in cased glass, white and glossy, a must for Murano glass collectors.
The item also displays a circular trademark "Venini Murano, Italy".
Th...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Venini Opalino Large Indigo Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Venini Murano Italian Purple Dark Blue Glass Bottle Incisi Serie, Italy 1982
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glass bottle with stopper, “Incisi” series, in two-color purple and dark blue submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano, Venini Itali...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano artistic vase "pulegoso" Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini 1930s
By Napoleone Martinuzzi, Venini
Located in Milano, MI
"Pulegoso" Murano 1930s artistic vase designed for Venini by artist and designer Martinuzzi Napoleon
The vase is made of very dark green "pulegose" glass with bubbling with snake-sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$6,891 Sale Price
52% Off
Elegant suspended Murano blown glass chandelier Poliedri of VENINI Official
By Venini
Located in murano, IT
The “Poliedri” were first proposed as components making up the large Venini chandelier, designed by Ignazio Gardella, Paolo Venini and Massimo Vignelli, presented at the 1958 Brussels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Set 2 Byzantium Tumblers Limited Edition, Blue decorated with Gold leaf
By Venini
Located in Venezia, IT
VENINI Set of 2 Byzantium Tumblers Limited Edition - Blue decorated with Gold leaf. Limited edition 6/299, year 2016, with signature and certificate, sold with original box.
Only a f...
Category
2010s Italian Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Blown Glass Contemporary Pendant Light Design by Peter Marino for Venini
By Peter Marino, Venini
Located in murano, IT
Cilindro 893.65
Peter Marino’s work is notoriously provocative. The Rotondo, Cilindro, and Parallelo lamps are no exception: using the “Fasce” technique, the artist hot-works colour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Venini A Fasce Orizzontali bottle vase with stopper model 4581
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A fine Fulvio Bianconi for Venini A Fasce Orizzontali bottle vase with stopper documented to model 4581. Handmade of the venetian island of murano out of the finest italian art glass...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Fulvio Bianconi Fasce Orizzontali Vase
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Fulvio Bianconi banded vase in clear glass with embedded bands of aquamarine,sapphire,black and red glass.
marked with a three line acid stamp c.1953
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
1950 Tyra Lundgren Venini Murano Glass White Filigrana Leaf Bowl
By Tyra Lundgren Carolina, Venini
Located in Brescia, IT
"Leaf" Bowl
Tyra Lundgren
Venini, 1950
White Glass "Mezza Filigrana"
Showed at Biennale of Venice 1938
Excellent Condiction
No cracks
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Opalino Large Apple Green Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø 20 cm, H 42 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
1950 "Filigrana" Carlo Scarpa Venini Italian Design Vetro Murano Ciotola
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Brescia, IT
Ciotola
Carlo Scarpa
Venini, Murano
Italy, 1950
Vetro "Filigrana" Rosso
Perfette condizioni
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Italian Dark Red Glass Bottle Incisi Serie, 1980
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glass bottle with stopper, “Incisi” series, in two-color submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano.
Venini 80 engraved signature unde...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
$2,157 Sale Price
20% Off
Venini Mezza Filigrana Bottle
By Venini
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely, period Venini Mezza filigrana bottle circa 1950's of spiraling threads in yellow and black on crystal with elongated neck, conical stopper, po...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Large Venini Vase
Coreano
, Designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1966
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Venini Vase 'Coreano', Designed by Tapio Wirkkala in 1966
A blue and green a fasce a spirale vase from the Coreani series. Designed in 1966 by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini. Produ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini Monifiori Vase Designed by Laura de Santillana
By Venini, Laura de Santillana
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini Monifiori Vase Designed by Laura de Santillana
Item e7101
A nice vase of the Monofiori Series series designed by Laura de Santillana. Manufactured by Venini Murano Venice. Thi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Tomaso Buzzi Venini Venetian Large Tall Peach
Aventurine Art Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and large Venetian Murano art glass vase in peach colored translucent overlaid glass with gold aventurine inclusions made by...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Big Carlo Scarpa Venini Murano Glass Vase "Battuto" Series Acid Signed
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Big Carlo Scarpa Venini Murano glass vase "Battuto" series acid signed cm 33.5.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Venini Opalino Large White Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Venini Art Glass Vase of the "Quarzi" Series, Murano, 2004
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini Art Glass Vase of the "Quarzi" Series, Murano, 2004
A large vase of the "Quarzi" series by Venini, Murano 2004. Coral red glass with superimposed decoration in gold and silve...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Murano Signed Lavender Purple Opaline Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful tall vintage Murano hand blown opaline lavender purple Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the Venini Company, and signed “Venini Murano Italia” underneath. The pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
$4,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Venini Murano Italian Green Glass Bottle Vase Incisi Serie, 2004
By Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian glass bottle vasec with stopper, “Incisi” series, in two-color submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano, Venini trademark 2004 engra...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Murano Signed Green Cocktail Pitcher
By Venini
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous Murano cocktail pitcher or carafe by Venini. It is emerald, green with an acid etched signature. Wonderful vintage condition with no chips, cracks, or chiggers. There is some shelf wear to the bottom. Please see photos, Circa 1960s.
If you want to serve your guests their cocktails in high style, you need this fabulous pitcher! This is a Venini carafe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Murano Italy Glass Green Bottle Serie “Velati”, 1981
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in green color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1981.
Original Venini Murano label...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Bowl, Set of Three, Venini, Italy
By Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Chicago, IL
Tobia Scarpa Battuto Bowls, Set of Three, Venini, Italy, Wheel-Carved Glass
1962-97 Blue and pink signed underside Venini, Yellow Unsigned
literat...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
$5,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Venini Opalino Large Horizon Milk White Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
Venini Opalino Large Black Black Inside Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Satin glass vase, designed and manufactured by Venini, features the same shape of the iconic opalino vase with a frosted finish.
Indoor use only.
Dimensions: Ø 20 cm, H 42 cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
$1,727 / item
Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase, 1984
By Venini, Laura de Santillana
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piece feat...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
$2,097 Sale Price
50% Off
Laura Diaz de Santillana "Munchen" 2-Piece Blown Glass Vessel for Venini Murano
By Laura Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in Miami, FL
Massive 1984 Venini blown and sculpted glass vessel by Laura Diaz de Santillana (b.1955) daughter of Anna Venini and Ludovico Diaz de Santillana. Laura joined Venini in 1976 and shar...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Organic Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Crystal
$3,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tall Laura de Santillana for Venini Blown Glass Klee Vase 1984
By Venini, Laura de Santillana
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Laura de Santillana for Venini blown glass designed in the 1980s, large “Klee” model, signed Venini Italia Laura 84. This beautiful murano piec...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Glass
$2,397 Sale Price
50% Off
Venini Murano Signed Teal Green Blue Italian Art Glass Teardrop Ring Dishes
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage set of 3 Murano hand blown teal green or blue Italian art glass small bowls or dishes. Documented to the Venini company, with 1 of them signed underneath. Would mak...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$600 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Paolo Venini Murano Signed Blue Inciso Technique Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso blue and peachy color Italian art glass flower vase. Designed by Paolo Venini, circa 1955 for Venini e. Co. The vase has an elegant taper...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Cup by Venini
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
This minimal and beautifully formed Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Cup by Venini originates from Italy, Circa 1970. Features a reserved cyllindrical composition with p...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini Bianconi Teal and White Zanfirico Lattimo Dish or Low Bowl
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Paolo Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine 1950's zanfirico lattimo plate.
By Venini & Co.
Attributed to Paolo Venini or Fulvio Bianconi.
Of a low bowl or plate form with a slightly raised center.
With alternatin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
By Rodolfo Dordoni, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase "Regina" Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini, Murano
A vase of the "Re and Regina" series designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Venini in 1996. Satin finished antique white glass...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Massimo Vignelli for Venini Yellow Onion Glass Uplighter Wall Sconce
By Venini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Hanover, MA
Since yellow Murano glass wall lamp designed by Massimo Vignelli for Venini, mid-1950s. Original hefty brass wall bracket. Porcelain socket for single standard Edison screw lightbulb...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Brass
Tapio Wirkkala Murano Glass Vase for Venini. Italy 1970s
By Tapio Wirkkala, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Tapio Wirkkala Blue and Transparent Murano Glass Vase for Venini.
Original Venini Label and Acid Etched Signature.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Gio Ponti "A Canne" Glass Pitcher for Venini
By Venini, Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti "A Canne" Glass Pitcher for Venini, Italy. "A Canne" translates to "With Reeds". Blue and Green stripes. Excellent vintage condition with age related wear. No chips, cra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Dish in Green Glass, Venini Murano, Ca. 1930s
By Venini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Small dish in green glass, Venini Murano ca. 1930s
A small glass dish in transparent green glass, most probably designed by Carlo Scarpa. Manufacture...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Vase Opulus, Brigitta Carlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini, 1972
By Ove Thorssen, Venini, Karlsson Brigitta
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vase Opulus, Brigitta Karlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini 1972
A vase of the opulus series designed by Brigitta Karlsson and Ove Thorssen for Venini 1972. Ribbed blue glass fused i...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Vase
Fazzoletto
in red, Venice Murano 1950s
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Venini Vase 'Fazzoletto' in red, Venice Murano 1950s
A vintage fazzoletto (handkerchief) vase in transparent red glass. Manufactured ca. 1950s by Venini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
White Glass Opalini Bowl by Venini
By Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare large opaque white glass footed bowl by Venini.
It bears a Mid-Century acid-etched circle mark in the polished pontil to the base.
Diameter: circa 15.25 in.
Items p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano glass cup designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini, 1970s
By Venini, Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Elegant half-lattimo filigree Murano glass bowl designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Venini. The base bears the engraved pointed signature "Venini Italia 82."
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
VENINI Vase "Pirelli" Murano Glass 1990 Italy
By Venini
Located in Milano, IT
Murano Glass Vase
Category
1990s Italian Other Venini Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Venini Art Glass Vase with Inciso Decoration Paolo Venini, Murano 1956
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Venini Art Glass vase with Inciso Decoration Paolo Venini, Murano 1956
A large vintage art glass vase in notte (night) blue pesante glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Venini glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini glass are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Venini glass, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 184 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 26 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original glass by Venini were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider glass by Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier, and Archimede Seguso. Prices for Venini glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $142 and can go as high as $307,566, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,640.
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Questions About Venini Glass
- Where is Venini glass made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025Venini glass is made in Italy. Specifically, its workshop is on the Venetian island of Murano. Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops. While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns and Fulvio Bianconi. Shop a variety of Venini glass on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024To identify Venini glass, first look for markings, usually found on the base or interior of glassware. Over its long history, Venini used dozens of labels and acid-stamped marks on its pieces. You can find images of these marks on the pages of trusted online resources to compare to your piece. Keep in mind that Venini's foil labels tend to come off over the years, so a lack of a marking or label doesn't necessarily mean that your piece is not a Venini. However, there are many convincing replicas of Venini glassware. As a result, experts recommend consulting a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer for assistance with the identification process, especially if you can't locate a label or acid mark. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Venini glass.