Venini Vases and Vessels
Italian
Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans who created extraordinary chandeliers, sconces and other lighting in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano.
While the company’s co-founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Gio Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearns of the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.
Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm — he and antiques dealer Giacomo Cappellin established Vetri Soffiati Cappellin Venini & C. in 1921 — Venini took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction, it produced mainly classical Baroque designs.
In 1932, Venini hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).
Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt.
Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.
With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st centuries — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.
Find antique and vintage Venini chandeliers, serveware, table lamps, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Venini
Venini Square Occhi Vase in White by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Tobia Scarpa
By Venini, Ludovico Diaz de Santillana and Tobia Scarpa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Occhi glass vase in crystal by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Tobia Scarpa. Blown handmade glass vases with the “Murrine” technique.
Color: Cryst...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Venini Black Belt Otto Tall Glass Vase in Crystal and Green by Peter Marino
By Venini, Peter Marino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in crystal and grass green with black decoration designed by Peter Marino in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini 'Where Are My Glasses?' Double Lens Vase in Mint and Green by Ron Arad
By Ron Arad, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini double glass vase in mint green and grass green designed by Ron Arad in 2018. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in oth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Battuti Blue Glass Vase by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana & Tobia Scarpa
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana and Tobia Scarpa, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Battuti glass vase in crystal aquamarine by Ludovico Diaz de Santillana and Tobia Scarpa. Numbered edition for year.
Color: Crystal Aquamarine
Technique: Beaten
Dimens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Crystal
Venini Port Vase in Coral & Milk-White Glass by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
By Venini, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Port vase in coral/milk-white by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. Limited Edition in 30 art pieces
Color: Coral/Milk-White
Technique: Opal
Dimensions: Ø 30 cm, H 40 cm
Yea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
"Incamiciato" Italian Art Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato" Italian Art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Clear, white and purple. With original label.
Signed: Venini Italia '85.
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Large Black Belt Triangular Glass in Crystal and Black by Peter Marino
By Peter Marino, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in transparent crystal with black decoration designed by Peter Marino in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also avai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini 'Where Are My Glasses?' Double Lens Vase in Red and Violet by Ron Arad
By Ron Arad, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini double glass vase in red and violet designed by Ron Arad in 2018. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in other colors on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Glass Vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in New York, NY
"Incamiciato"
Italian art glass vase by Tomaso Buzzi for Venini.
Cased glass, clear, white and grey, deep purple foot.
Marked: Venini itali...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Venini 'Where Are My Glasses?' Double Lens Vase in Blue and Horizon by Ron Arad
By Ron Arad, Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini double glass vase in aquamarine and horizon blue designed by Ron Arad in 2018. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also available in ot...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Medium Black Belt Triangular Glass in Crystal and Black by Peter Marino
By Venini, Peter Marino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass vase in transparent crystal with black decoration designed by Peter Marino in 2017. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or statement piece for any room. Also avai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Small Geodi Glass Vase in Red, White and Yellow by Sonia Pedrazzini
By Venini, Sonia Pedrazzini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini glass geode vase with angular body in red, milk-white, amber and yellow designed in 2018 by Sonia Pedrazzini. Perfect for indoor home decor as container or strong statement pi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Art Glass
Venini Marito E Moglie Vase in Glass and Marble by Ettore Sottsass
By Venini, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Venini Marito E Moglie vase in tea/black/milk-white with marble base by Ettore Sottsass. Limited edition 99 art pieces. Composition of portoro-marble base and blown glasses finished ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Paolo Venini Frosted Murano Art Glass Vase Manufactured by Venini Italy 1997
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Miami, FL
A heavy black and white Murano art glass vase designed by Artist Paolo Venini.
Frosted Murano glass on the outside and in lined with black Murano glass.
Signed and dated, MURANO MA...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Calo Scarpa "Corroso Vase" by Venini Murano Glass, Signed
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very well-known piece by Carlo Scarpa, acid signed four lines underside, Murano Venini made in Italy. Mint condition.Rare piece .
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Model Medusa by Ettore Sottsass for Venini.
By Ettore Sottsass, Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
A beautiful Murano vase designed by Ettore Sottsass and produced by Venini in 1997. Limited edition 99 piece. Signed and numbered 71/99. Original label. Model out production. Exposed...
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1990s Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Fasce Bottle for Venini, Signed
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful early example of this Classic Venini design. Extra-long neck and bright yellow stripe on dark blue base. Venini label sticker covers most of the acid stamp.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Handblown Italian Midcentury Murano Glass Vase by Napoleone Martinuzzi & Venini
By Venini, Napoleone Martinuzzi
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, Italian Mid-century, hand blown Murano Amphora form, glass vase in the Modern Neoclassical style designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi for Venini, c...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase by Alessandro Mendini for Venini, Italy
By Alessandro Mendini, Venini
Located in Milan, Italy
Large vase Simirone in blown glass intertwined polychrome canes on a base in faceted glass block designed by Alessandro Mendini for Venini in circa 1989. Limited edition of 50 pieces...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Coletti Blown Glass Vase by Ludovico Diaz De Santillana, circa 1961
By Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana (1931-1989)
Vase Coletti, circa 1961, large model
Flask in blown glass with contrasting welded neck
Incalmo technique, fused glass
Engraved Venini Ita...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Blown Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Sogni Infranti Model by Mario Bellini for Venini.
By Venini, Mario Bellini
Located in Milan, Italy
Vase model Sogni Infranti iridescent glass with application of processing scraps polychrome glass, 1994. Designed by Mario Bellini. Signed.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Pezzato Vase
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fulvio Bianconi Pezzato Vase model #4338 as shown in the
catolgo rosso,folio 111.
A beautiful example of the Parigi Variant,show casing red,blue straw ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Glass Vase by Venini
By Venini
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Clear glass vase by Venini.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Set of Three "Fazzoletto" Murano Glass Vases by Venini, Italy, 1950s
By Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Amazing set of three Fazzoletto vases by Venini.
Size refers to the biggest piece.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
1950 Murano Vase with Its Coral and Shell
By Venini
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vase or jar, very decorative anywhere in the house.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Coral
Paolo Venini Inciso Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very nice example of an underrated series of glass.
Acid stamp on the bottom.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
20th Century Italian Vase by Paolo Venini
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare vase designed by Paolo Venini in cased glass, white and glossy, a must for Murano glass collectors.
The item also displays a circular trademark "Venini Murano, Italy".
Th...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Fasce Orizzontali Vase
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Fulvio Bianconi banded vase in clear glass with embedded bands of aquamarine,sapphire,black and red glass.
marked with a three line acid stamp c.1953
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Paolo Venini Inciso Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This is a clean example with pleasing proportions
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Paolo Venini Inciso Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Inciso bottle-form vase in a subtle color.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Rare Set of Two Murano Glass Bottles by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini, 1950s
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of two bottles with stopper "A Fasce Verticali" by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Paolo Venini and Riccardo Licata Banded Murrine Vase
By Venini
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Incalmo vase is a rare collaboration between Paolo Venini
and Riccardo Licatta.
Presented at the XXVII Biennial of Venice in 1956.
Provenance: collecti...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass
Original Versace for Venini Rivoli Vase
By Venini, Versace
Located in East Hampton, NY
Documentation and original Venini Murano brochure for this exquisite and rare Versace designed vase. Numbered and limited edition.
Marked with Venini l...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini "Piume" Vase
By Ove Thorssen, Venini
Located in New York, NY
Chalice-form vase, designed by Ove Thorssen and Birgitta Carlsson for Venini, Murano, 1974. Deep blue-green glass streaked with gray swirl-stripes. Unusual form, signed.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Vaso Venini "Tessuto lucido" di Carlo Scarpa
By Carlo Scarpa, Venini
Located in Rivoli, IT
Bellissimo e raro vaso a forma di bottiglia della serie "tessuto lucido" nel colore rosso antico nato dalla creazione artistica di Carlo Scarpa. Vaso in vetro soffiato lavorato a man...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
Vaso Venini "Tessuto lucido" di Carlo Scarpa e Paolo Venini
By Carlo Scarpa, Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Rivoli, IT
Bellissimo e raro vaso della serie "tessuto lucido" nel colore rosso antico nato dalla collaborazione artistica di Carlo Scarpa e Paolo Venini. Vaso in vetro soffiato lavorato a mano...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
"Pezzato" Vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Milan, IT
Remarkable "Pezzato" vase by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini.
Signed with three-line acid stamp to underside.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Venini Vases and Vessels
Materials
Murano Glass
Venini vases and vessels for sale on 1stDibs.
Venini vases and vessels are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Venini vases and vessels, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 268 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 794 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original vases and vessels by Venini were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider vases and vessels by Fulvio Bianconi, Gae Aulenti, and Paolo Venini. Prices for Venini vases and vessels can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $220 and can go as high as $114,459, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,470.