Venini Animal Sculptures

Ninfea vase designed by Toni Zuccheri and produced by Venini in 1960. Exhibited at Tingo Design Gallery in 2008 for the exhibition "Murano a Go-Go". Signed...

Shaped clear glass cylindrical body cased in deep indigo blue glass, wheel-carved decoration. Signed 'Venini Italia'.

In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...

Toni Zuccheri VeArt Italy, 1970s Murano Glass Sculpture Perfect condiction

"The fine, elongated and ambiguos shape of their eyes on the colored background has them looking thoughtfully at our complicated world. The similar shape of their mounth hints at a w...

Majestic duck in flight art glass sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1990s. The beautiful piece is clear glass with black sommerso in the body of the duck; really cool and realistic pi...

A bilious green, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian duck made of hand blown colored Murano glass, designed, produced by Paolo Venini and Toni Zuccheri in ...

Italian "Membrane" Tray offering bowl Clear Murano Glass by Toni Zuccheri 1970s diameter 23cm weight: 1.5 Kg The object is completely transparent the reflections on the phot...

"Murrine" colored glass block used as sample to compose screens, large windows or as single sculpture.

A bilious green, vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian duck made of hand blown colored Murano glass, designed, produced by Paolo Venini and Toni Zuccheri in ...

Very rare and large, antique Murano hand blown "A Fasce" striped Italian art glass fish with iridescent surface sculpture. Documented to Tyra Lundgren circa 1935-1936, fully signed "...

Outstanding Murano glass vase by Toni Zuccheri. The piece is part of an experimental collection with crystal glass made by Zuccheri...