Topic: Fazzoletto vases

[svazzo]

I'd really like to see more photos posted on this topic, if anyone wants to contribute! Being that the Fazzoletto design is one of the classics, having a gallery like this to showcase them is excellent. I hope the topic doesn't get left behind

Javier

[amoilvetro]

Hi all

Yes do post more pics - I am starting to download onto computer all fazzoletto pictures that I come across. It doesn't take too long to realise which are Venini (or at least mid-century Murano! lol)... a lot of sellers definately don't describe things well!

My fazzoletto arrived within a week (ex Germany) and wow it's so small, I didn't realise it. It has a very small partial Venini acid stamp. It's the two-line one I think, can't quite make out if it's 'Venini Murano' or 'Murano Venini'. You really have to tilt it at just the right angle AND have the light just so in order to make it out. It's so pretty too, not as fragile as I thought it would be (but I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune if it breaks!)

At the moment I have mine displayed on a table next to our living room floor-to-ceiling window which gets lots of sun. The colours won't fade I hope??

Cheers
Amanda.

[amoilvetro]

ps. Oooh forgot to mention that I saw a corroso fazzoletto on a website (can't remember which one, there've been so many!) and all I can say is... I want I want I want!

Amanda.

[David E]

Hi,

Just managed to pick up a fazzoletto – or at least I assume it could be classified as one?

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The only reason I query this is due to the canes going around the vase, rather than vertically, although I notice Javier's 'Everton Mint' is similar in this respect. Nice stripes as well; a mixture of aventurine and red, with much finer black, green & pink interspersed.

Also has a label that I've listed on the Labels thread.

[svazzo]

Hi DenCill,
I think it is considered a Fazzoletto vase, and about the decoration, well it doesnt matter, what makes it a "Fazzoletto" is the shape.
Javier

[David E]

Javier, that's fair enough. The reason I queried the decoration was if it was 'flattened' it wouldn't really look like a handkerchief!  

Maybe I'm being a bit pedantic?  :roll:

[svazzo]

Here's another sample:



I also bought another vase recently, and I when I took it out of the box it was actually signed "venini murano italia" underneath! I'll post a pic soon!
Javier

[David E]

It appears to me that on some vases the acid-stamp is very difficult to spot unless you're actually looking for it. Another lesson learned  :shock:

[svazzo]

I know!
Sometimes you cant even photograph it. Its just the way the light hits it that shows it, and sometimes you only see bits and pieces, like the dot over the " i " which makes you dip and turn the piece every which way, until you can see the actual signature. Thats how I found out I had a Venini signed cornucopia designed by Bianconi!!!
This has actually happened to me 4 times already. You just have to really look, even if at first you dont see a thing. Different reflections of light will bring out the signatures too. I used to just check under daylight, but I found out that is not really the only way. I also tried putting the pieces under a normal house lamp and that has helped me take better photos of the signatures. Yes they might look washed over and yellow, but you will probably have a better detailed signature than in daylight. Sometimes the glare of daylight can be too overpowering.  
Also, if you have a digital camera with zoom, this will help alot! You can really study the bottom of a piece under the glare and not go blind by trying too hard, lol.
Javier

[David E]

Thought I'd better check the only fazzoletto I have that could possibly be Venini - but no... :cry:

Thanks for the tips though, Javier — I didn't actually think it was that hard to see the sig, so maybe I should check all my other pieces too :shock: