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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Guinea fowl

Figure (Guinea Fowl)
1963-64 (designed), 1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Venini (manufacturer)
Zuccheri, Toni (designer)
Place of origin
Venice (made)

Figure, Venice (Murano), designed by Toni Zuccheri, for Venini glassworks, 1964


Object details

Categories
ELISE
Glass
Figures & Decorative Ceramics
Object type
Figure (Guinea fowl)
Titles
  • Guinea fowl (manufacturer's title)
  • Faraona (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Coloured 'murrine' glass, hand-blown and hot-worked, bronze frame
Brief description
Figure, Venice (Murano), designed by Toni Zuccheri, for Venini glassworks, 1964
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.2cm
  • Maximum width: 31.6cm
Style
20TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
MADE IN ITALY MURANO (Label)
Gallery label
Guinea fowl was first shown at the XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. Finmar, 26 Kingly Street, owned by the Dane Paul von Stemann (d.1996), was one of the main London stockists for Venini glass as well as Scandinavian-designed goods. Finmar closed in 1965. This figure was part of the personal collection of von Stemann and his wife, the writer Gwen Robbins.
Object history
The Guinea Fowl was first shown at the 32nd Venice Biennale in 1964. This example was acquired from personal collection of Paul von Stemann and his wife, the writer Gwen Robbins. The Dane Paul von Stemann (d.1996), owned Finmar, 26 Kingly Street, one of the main London stockists for Venini glass as well as Scandinavian-designed goods. Finmar closed in 1965.
The Model number for this sculpture was: 11042
Subject depicted
Bird
Bibliographic references
  • Tucci, Giuliana D.: Venini, Milan, 1991 Venini, Anna: Gli Artisti di Venini, Venice, 1996 Davies, Kevin: unpublished manuscript on the history of Finmar
  • A. Dorigato, Murano: Island of Glass, San Giovanni Lupatoto, 2003, pp. 340-343, Guinea fowl discussed and illustrated.
  • Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego (eds), Toni Zuccheri at Venini, Milano 2021, pp. 30; 184-185; 193. p. 184 shows a design drawing dated 1963-64. Also shown are the Guinea Fowl on display at the 1964 Biennale, an illustration from the catalogue of the 1964 Biennale, and a page of the Venini 1969 Green Catalogue, where it has catalogue number 412.1
Other number
9694 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.30-1995

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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