Important Italian Glass 
24 January 2019
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Important Italian Glass 
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Fratelli Toso

Monumental Incamiciato vase

Italy, c. 1930
incamiciato glass with gold inclusions 16¼ h × 9½ dia in (41 × 24 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $9,375
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provenance: Private Collection
literature: Murano '900, Deboni, pg. 249 illustrates this example Vetri di Murano del '900: 50 Capolavori, IN.Arte Milano, ppg. 54-55, no. 22 illustrate this example

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Murano Glass of the 1930s

Taking a cue from Carlo Scarpa and his success with the use of opaque glass at MVM Cappellin, other Muranese manufacturers began to produce a diverse range of opaque glass objects in the Novecento style. The sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi’s works for Venini also proved to be influential, especially his use of large-scale shapes based on ancient Roman examples. Pieces from his own company, Zecchin Martinuzzi, along with pieces from Barovier Seguso Ferro, Fratelli Toso and others tell the story of changing times on Murano and a shift away from the delicate classical elegance of the 1920s toward the more muscular Roman style of the 1930s.

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