Design for Venini Glassworks, Murano in verdognolo (greenish) colour glass. Acid etched. 3-line signature venini murano italia. Diameter : 28 cm. Height : 9,5 cm. Reintroducing a technique invented by his father Carlo, the architect Tobia Scarpa presented new applications of the Battuto series at the XII triennial of Milan in 1960. They were massive objects with thin, undulating rims, covered on the inside & outside with fine long incisions.