Rare Table lamp by Gio Ponti for Venini

Italy | c. 1946 Blown glass, brass, paper shade. 2 x E26 sockets. Red, pink, and white caned stripes. Tapering cylindrical glass form with applied ruffled ring. Model 4487. A very rare form. Signed on underside of glass with three-line acid stamp, "Venini, Murano, Italia."

h. 27.0" diam. 16.0"

Condition: Very good vintage condition. There are no visible chips, cracks, or scratches to the glass.
Original patina to brass with some minor dents to the base. The lamp has recently been rewired and the shade was added later.

Notes: Documented in the Venini Archives.
Provenance: Private collection – New York City.
Previously this lamp was held in a private collection in Philadelphia. Originally purchased at the Venini Shop in Venice in the 1940s.

Ref: 63 GP 05