Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892 - 1977)

glass, the red cased white glass pedestal bowl with blue trailed decoration and separate clear glass liner supporting a group of brightly coloured fruit and vegetables

For examples of Martinuzzi's designs including fruit see: Marina Barovier (ed.), Napoleone Martinuzzi, Vetrario del Novecento, Venice, 1992, p. 16 and p. 123 and Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921 - 1986, Milan, 2000,  p. 74., no. 18.

 

 

A striking and decorative lamp. There are some minor losses to the white ground on the underside of the foot where the electrical fitting passes into the bowl. Not testes or guaranteed for electricity. this piece would benefit from cleaning. The fruit and vegetables are in the following condition: An apple - some roughness to the glass where the stalk ends (this is a manufacturing issue) A pale green pear - small chip to tip of leaf A red pear - losses to applied black leaf and stem Two pears striped in yellow, green and red - one with leaf missing, the other with losses to leaf A yellow and green courgette - roughness to glass at each end (possibly in the manufacture) Small pear striped in red, yellow and green - losses to stalk and leaf Two yellow and green striped figs(?) - one missing stalk Three deep purple figs - two with iridised surface - all with losses to stalks Two small deep purple aubergines - one missing foliage, the other with losses to stalk and leaves Three red peppers - one with loss to stalk A red and an orange pepper - some losses to stalks Two lemons - losses to leaves and stalks An orange - leaf missing A tangerine - loss to leaves and stalk
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