Vintage Italian Blue Glass “Saturn” Pendant After Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa
$6,500.00
Italian Modernist planetary Saturn-form pendant after Gio Ponti and Pietro Chiesa for S. A. Luigi Fontana & Co. (ca. 1930s). Composed of a pale blue glass central globe pierced by a metal arrow with etched glass disc displaying concentric rings, all supported by a metal ring orbit suspended from a chromed-metal canopy-topped stem.
Glass is clean; unpolished metal and chrome plate show oxidation and natural patina (presented in original condition – much of the wear to the metal can be eradicated with polishing and fully with re-plating).
H: 47.75″ x L: 15.5″ x D: 15″
Height of fixture alone discounting drop: 16″
