Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini Rare Pulegoso Candlestick, Italy, circa 1930

In the 50's, late in his legendary career, Martinuzzi executed for Cenedese a wall of beautiful Scavo vignettes illustrating Genesis. These eventually became the sought after sconces...

'Adam & Eve' One of the unique 'Scavo' pieces from the fabulous wall created by Martinuzzi for Gino Cenedese, 1950s . Photos demonstrate the very different but equally effective appe...

Two Aesthetic Movement candleholders, one with a rare retaining of the original porcelain bobeche. Losses to original clay red paint. Signed with the Perry mark on the bottom. The ot...

Monkey sculpture of iridized clear and black glass.

Arts and Crafts copper and brass candleholder Jugendstil Aesthetic Movement. Candleholder retains original patinated surface.

A very large and possibly unique fabric by the famous American Modernist Illustrator and fabric designer. Can be stretched and framed. Image area is 68" x 34.5", total fabric 87" x 5...

Rhythm: this is the word that defines the shape of the Deco series of vases. The rings are repeated, one after another. They increase, decrease, then increase again. They seem to mov...

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...

Napoleone Martinuzzi attr. for Venini 'A Bolle' Vase ca. 1927 A large 'soffiato a bolle' vase in amber glass with regular air bubbles. Attributed to Napoleone Martinuzzi, manufactur...

Incredible Napoleone Martinuzzi Murano glass violet iridescent Art Deco circa 1930 bowl.

Napoleone Martinuzzi, Bassotto Giallo (Yellow Dachsund) sculpture, white & gold Venini Murano 1930 Exceedingly rare example of a signed Venini large-scale Dachsund Dog Sculpture by N...

Two Pumpkin Sculptures by Napoleone Martinuzzi circa 1928 for V.S.M. Venini & Co., blown glass applied with pasta glass with gold foil applications ...