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Author Topic: ID Required - Massive - Murano or Mdina or poss something else altogether...?  (Read 911 times)

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Offline Greg.

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Hi All,

Hoping someone will help shed some light on the below globe type vase.

Been told it could be Murano, although colors are very reminiscent of Mdina.  The piece is extremely large, 9 inches high and 10 inches wide and weighs in at 3kg!!.

A light mottled blue in color and has a kind of scratched or inscribed wavey design to the glass, this design feels slightly rough to touch (internally) this looks like it has been applied internally. Also the color around the rim has an iridescent quality. Applied handles to the sides)

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Kind Regards,
Greg

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Offline Greg.

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Also has a snapped off rough pontil mark to the base, unfortunately still havent been able to find anything similar on the web, maybe Italian of some description... All thoughts appreciated. :)

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Offline chopin-liszt

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It's not Mdina. Sorry, I can't be more helpful than that.
Cheers, Sue M. (she/her)

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Offline Greg.

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thanks Sue, all thoughts greatly appreciated, kind of leaning towards Italy, hopefully someone can narrow it down soon. Thanks again  :)

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It looks Italian to me typical design ~ style ~ colour ~ pontil ~so if its not repro it could be worth a bob or two , gut feeling its a good one . jp :-\

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Offline Greg.

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Thanks John, hopefully one of the Italian glass specialists/ collectors can shed some light.  Personally into British glass mainly.  Thanks again for your thoughts, Greg :)

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Offline Greg.

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bumping this up, any thoughts believed to be Italian in origin....? thanks

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