GIO PONTI for VENINI, ITALY: An Incalmo blown glass decanter or vase with stopper designed by Gio Ponti circa 1948 - 1949, the smoke glass mallet form body with red glass stopper and red striped base, acid etched three line mark, Venini, Murano, Italy, height 34.5 Lit.:F. Deboni, Venini. Its History, Artists and Techniques, Turin, 2007, reproduction of Venini’s Catalogo Rosso – A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini. Catalogue Raisonné 1921–1986, Milan, 2000, p. 201, p. 281, p. 296. Provenance: private collection, London