Set of Nine Salviati Murano Wine Glasses Hand Painted w/ Notable Venetian Figures

Circa 1930

Each glass is hand painted and hand gilded.

Dimensions 2.5" diameter at the mouth x 7" high.

Beautiful set of nine glasses. On each glass is painted a notable figure from Venice Italy's past. One such figure is Pietro Lando. Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545. He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire.

Very good condition. Offered as a matching set only.