Murano vase by Flavio Poli 1950s.

Very beautiful murano vase in inner red glass with outer glass of trasperant amber colored glass. Designed by flavio poli 1950s. It measures 20 cm in height and 11 X 7.5 cm in length/width and weighs 880 grams. Very beautiful design with no chips or other flaws, only natural wear and tear. Flavio poli (1900-1984) was an italian artist known for his glass designs. Born in 1900, he was educated at the istituto d'arte di venezia, after which he began working as a ceramicist. In 1929 he started working for the company “i.v.a.m.” (industrie vetraie artistiche murano) as a designer of glassware. He was appointed artistic director of barovier, seguso & ferro (later seguso vetri d'arte) in 1934, where he devised a style of “submerged” glass with multiple transparent layers one above the other. Within three years, he was a partner in the company. Poli received one of the first compasso d'oro awards in 1954 for seguso “mod. 9822” blue-ruby glass vase. He left seguso in 1963. From 1964 to 1966 he headed the artistic glass department of the società veneziana di conterie e cristallerie. Poli died in 1984[2] a number of his works are in the murano glass museum and the victoria and albert museum in london. The national gallery of victoria, australia's corning museum of glass and the metropolitan museum and museum of modern art in new york. Packed securely and shipped with insurance. Shipping eu 12 €. Shipping uk 25 €. Freight rest of the world on request.