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Offline adam20

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Lavarato a Mano vase
« on: June 12, 2011, 10:25:20 AM »
metal base with clear fading to blue at base vase - label Lavarato a Mano - CS - made in Italy - not sure if Murano - 5" high

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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2011, 11:07:15 AM »
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"Lavarato a Mano" means "wash by hand". I don't think it's the name of a glassmaking company.  :ooh:
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2011, 11:58:04 AM »
LavOrato a mano is hand made, it may refer to the artsy gluing of shells to the foot, not to the glass itself we may very well be Chinese.
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2011, 12:22:52 PM »
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But I did have two spelling options, Ivo - I just chose the wrong one and translated it wrongly...sorry. :-[
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2011, 05:38:18 PM »
Don't feel badly Adam, someone else thought it was a famous maker.....

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Sue, I was thinking the same as you and  :24:  but I am not going to  :pb: myself!
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 06:17:53 AM »
Rosie really thought it meant give your old man a good  scrub down . :o :24:
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Re: Lavarato a Mano vase
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2011, 08:33:31 AM »
No she did not JP!! She thought it meant 'Now wash your hands'!!  :srn:   And I will have you know, my 'Old Man' is younger than me......so there!! :chky:
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