Topic: Lattimo elephant

[TxSilver]

I'm a bit confused. Latticino is a type of filigrana that has spiraling filaments. I won't go into color, because that is so debated on GMB. Lattimo in the US is called "milk glass." It has a certain chemistry, so I'm not going to argue strongly what is and isn't lattimo. The elephant does look like what I would call lattimo. I didn't know until now that the word was controversial.

[TxSilver]

Here is the cmog definition of lattimo and a picture of a bowl. http://www.cmog.org/glass-dictionary/lattimo

[rocco]

Thanks.
I draw one conclusion from this discussion -- Murano terminology is a minefield

At least the obvious blueish hue to the joins of my ellie seems to be quite distinctive...

Michael

[glassobsessed]

The way the feet are constructed looks fairly distinctive Michael - that 'pinched' form.

For what it is worth... there is another with similar feet (and other differences) shown on page 267, Murano Island of Glass by Attilia Dorigato. It is in red with gold leaf and is attributed to MVM Cappellin & Co (from the collection of Marino Barovier).

John

[johnphilip]

I find many of my Italian glass books call it Lattimo , so that will do me Laticino is something entirely  different Otto.

[rocco]

Thanks John, JP.
I found quite a few similarish elephants on the web, nearly all of them said to be made in the 1930s...

Interesting that they managed to make the piece without a pontil mark

Michael

[TxSilver]

Oh, it has a pontil mark. They stick a tail on it most of the time.

[rocco]

Ah, that's where it is -- there had to be one

Michael

[Baked_Beans]

Here is a link to an MVM Cappellin elephant.....(similar to the one mentioned above)

http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/353158

What a great find ! Ta, Mike.

p.s. some Cappellin fish ....the eyes are similar.

http://www.artericerca.com/Vetro%20Murano/MVM%20Cappellin%20&%20C/MVM%206.htm

[langhaugh]

Oops! And Ooops again. Many apologies. The term that doesn't exist in MUrano is latticino, not lattimo, which is, indeed, white glass. Moral, don't post without checking.

Sorry, Michael.


David