Decanter from Venini, Murano

Height 30.5 cm. with the stopper. Diameter 11 cm. The decanter is decorated with a yellow robbin on the deep blue base, a classical "a farce" decor from the 1950's. The decanter is in good condition - has some deposits on the inside. Under the bottom the decanter is marked with acid. Fulvio Bianconi (1915-1996) was Italian designer and artist. As a child, Fulvio showed great talent for drawing and was employed by the Madonna dell'Orto church in Venice, as a artistic drawer, strongly encouraged by the mother who saw the advertisement in the local newspaper and exclaimed, "It is my son Fulvio you are looking for." Here he received a scholarship for Scuola d'Arte de Carmini, Carmini's Art Academy, and worked as an apprentice under Michele Pinto on the Murano glass island. In 1933, he became a graphic designer at Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Italy's largest publisher. He remained in the graphic industry throughout the 1930s. After World War II, he became affiliated with Paolo Venini's glassworks on a freelance basis. This was due to the fact that he drew a number of perfume bottles which he sent to Paolo Venini. Fulvio Bianconi remained affiliated with Venini for the rest of his career. Item number: 3044