Napoleone Martinuzzi , Two Cactus in Murano iridescent Fume Vamsa Attribution

Pair of luxury detailed and elaborated sconces. Sconce has the hardware covered by a glass ribbon and hosts 5 hand shaped leaves and 5 tulips. The base is ornate with a bow resemblin...

Great color combination. The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana. This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana). The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid. The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...

A charming set of 2 small sculptural succulent plants in a pot, artisanal and freely blown works of art. Inspired by the original works of Napoleon Matinuzzi for Venini in 1930’s bl...

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