Hi John, I feel kind of silly - I didn't even consider Murano! Thank you. I know really close to nothing about Italian glass, but I could see the colors and shape being Italian...the neck is too narrow for a carafe, so I think I'll stick with a vase for the shape. My only experience with Murano is that I can tell Bohemian pieces that are misidentified as Murano on Ebay quite well - the rims are very different. From what I have seen, Murano glass vases have rounded polished rims, or rims that are cut straight across without the edge angle (or arris - I learned a new term in this thread!) Do you know if they ever did rims cut like the one on my vase? Thanks again! Michelle