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Handkerchief vase
Designed by: Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895–1959)
Designed by: Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, born in 1915)
Made at: Venini & Co. (Italian, 1925–present)
Designed by: Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, born in 1915)
Made at: Venini & Co. (Italian, 1925–present)
Italian (Venice)
about 1950
Medium/Technique
Blown glass with filigree (zanfirico) inclusions
Dimensions
Height x width: 16.5 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm (6 1/2 × 7 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession Number2024.2257
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionBlown vase in the form of a handkerchief (fassoletto).
Marks
Etched marks on bottom, "VENINI" "MURANO" "ITALY"
ProvenanceBy at least 2013, collection of Clifford S. Ackley, Boston, MA; 2023, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession date: February 14, 2024)