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Author Topic: Murano Vase - ID?  (Read 549 times)

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Offline sawi

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Murano Vase - ID?
« on: July 20, 2013, 12:24:18 PM »
hello, does anybody know who produced this murano vase?
the piece is 9,5 cm high. the glass shines pink when i hold it against the light.
any ideas?

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Re: Murano Vase - ID?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2013, 02:32:54 PM »
No answers, just a couple questions to think about.  Seeing a raw pontil scar always makes me think twice whether a piece is Murano or not.  Not that it's always an indicator one way or another.   Also, being just 9.5cm it looks like possibly could have been a perfume bottle, any wear inside the neck or other evidence of once having a stopper?

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Re: Murano Vase - ID?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2013, 03:26:11 PM »
nice vase, I tend to agree with Murano due to the gold leaf. I would also think that at such a small size you might be looking at lampwork - so not bothered by an unfinished pontil mark. It may have had a curly stopper at one time though - in a contrasting colour. Salviati may be worth researching.

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Re: Murano Vase - ID?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2013, 03:52:25 PM »
hi, many thanks for your comments!
i couldn't find any signs of usage inside the neck (the black stains on the photo is a gold foil).

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Re: Murano Vase - ID?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2013, 03:55:13 PM »
In lampwork stoppers are usually held in place by gravity rather than a milled conus - the wall is not thick enough for mechanical intervention.

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Re: Murano Vase - ID?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2013, 04:15:34 PM »

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