Topic: glass dove, need identification

[Kindra]

hi,

This glass dove has been standing in my sisters cabinet for years, she got it as a gift years ago and was told it was antique. Now she likes to get a second one, similar or exactly the same but we can't find them anywhere.
It is signed at the bottom but we can't make much of it. An internet search didn't learn us anything about it either.

Can anyone identify this glass dove and/or the artist? We live in Belgium/Europe btw, so I don't think it is of American making
thanks in advance

[chopin-liszt]

Hello and welcome. 

I suspect the signature reads Venini, which would make it from Murano. It is a particularly beautiful piece of glass, so I would not be surprised by such a good name on it.
However, this isn't my area - there are other folk here who will be able to tell you much more than I can.

[Kindra]

thanks for the reply Chopin,

I did look into Venini glass and although some of the birds are very similar, the signature is totally different and includes 'Murano' underneath the name...

[chopin-liszt]

What you need is Anita's site on glass birds.

Found the link for it!

https://sites.google.com/site/muranozoo/

[Kindra]

What you need is Anita's site on glass birds.

Found the link for it!

https://sites.google.com/site/muranozoo/

Thanks again Sue
Looked into that site and found nothing more....

Turns out now that this dove might have been a couple and that the other piece is still in the family. (I'll be calling everyone I know today!) So if it's a couple and the 2nd one is still around then I hope it has a label on it or more lines in the inscription that could tell more about it. (fingers crossed )

Never thought I would say it, but after a week of researching glass, I'm becoming pretty obsessed! LOL. but then again, so many beautiful pieces out there!

[glassobsessed]

Could the signature read Vetri?

John

[Kindra]

Could the signature read Vetri?

John

I'm not sure what it reads

Probably not Vetri, since Vetri Murano and Vetri d'Art are merely trademarks, not artists and they use labels on their glass, not engraving or stamps....

[johnphilip]

Very Venini ish in style , i have a couple packed away somewhere must dig them out , i believe some designers used unusual signatures , i have seen quite a few over the years , where is Anita ?

[glassobsessed]

Well it sure looks like Vetri, the t is crossed and the i is dotted...

[Drinkwater]

there are other which don't know really:
http://www.von-zezschwitz.de/detail.php?restanten=1&chapter=4&objectid=35770&ref=%252Frestanten.php%253Fview%253Dgallery%2526chapter%253D4%2526id%253D70%2526language%253Ddeutsch&id=70&language=deutsch