Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Venice, Italy
Carlo Scarpa
Vase
Lot Closed
November 15, 02:16 PM GMT
Estimate
5,500 - 6,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Carlo Scarpa
Vase
Designed in 1930
Incamiciato lattimo and applied glass
Acid signed CVM surmounted by a crown on the base
M.V.M. Cappellin & C. edition, Murano, Italy
19 x 25 x 25 cm; 7½ x 9⅞ x 9⅞ in.
Ferraris - Rocca collection, Venice, Italy
Marino Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi Venini 1925 - 1931, Skira, 2013, p. 151 (for a similar shape)
Incamiciato lattimo' glass vase with blue wires applied decorations. Since 1910, C.V.M. (Compagnia di Venezia e Murano) began retailing glassworks by other Muranese glasswork companies and used to sign these including them in its collection. The C.V.M. acid signature have been inscribed at a different date from that of the glass execution. This vase was designed and produced for the M.V.M. (Maestri Vetrai Muranesi) Cappellin & C..