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Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on May 10, 2005, 07:51:12 PM
Hi Everyone!
It has always been intresting to me to know what people collect and how they collect. I am all over the place myself, having many smaller collections within my Murano collection, but I did consider 1 piece to be the one that told me I should collect. That piece is the "Svazzo" bird scultpure by Barbini which is now used in my logo, id, etc. Before seeing that piece I really had no focus, I was collecting overall Blue Glass, and some odd pieces, without really thinking of collecting "Murano," but when I saw that piece I not only needed to have it, but knew it was meant to have it, lol.

It would be great for all of you out there to post that 1 piece or maybe that 1 artist that made you think, ok this is right for me! It was Barbini and his bird for me. How about all of you?
Hope to see some great photos!
Javier
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Leni on May 10, 2005, 08:32:39 PM
Well, for me I suppose it has to be a paperweight  :roll:

This one I know is definitely from Murano  :shock:   http://tinypic.com/51d6wl

Although if we were 100% sure 'Bernard's tazza' was Murano, I suppose it would have to be that  :D  http://tinypic.com/51d8k3

Look, Max!  Green!  Not Pink!  Green!   :lol:  

Leni
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on May 10, 2005, 09:49:05 PM
Hi Leni,
Is that an early paperweight? Do you know the maker?
I just started to collect many of the Fratelli Toso paperweights, going by what is in his book. Nothing as intricate as yours.
Javier
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Leni on May 11, 2005, 09:48:15 AM
Quote from: "svazzo"
Is that an early paperweight? Do you know the maker?

Well, a while ago on the Paperweight site we had a discussion about this weight, and Kevin thought it might be "one of the "few" that came from Vetreria", or made "by Ferro & Lazzarini,... but with canes by Moretti".

Apparently lots of glasshouses use/d Moretti canes, so it's difficult to get a precise ID  :roll:

Leni
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Max on May 11, 2005, 12:03:11 PM
This is my favourite piece, it's similar to Campanella I think.  It was disputed that this was Murano actually, perhaps Javier can say for sure one way or the other?   :?   Sorry if you've seen this pic before btw.   :oops:

http://tinypic.com/51sjcz
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: glasswizard on May 15, 2005, 05:23:34 PM
Boy this was tough. How do you pick a favorite? I have so many and decided to put them in categories. I am going to start off with my favorite murano birds. http://tinypic.com/53oegg  I love the color and also the proud carriage they display.

This has to be my favorite color combination http://tinypic.com/53oe51 this is by Alfredo Barbini. The lable reads "Venetian made by Alfredo Barbini for Weil Ceramics and Glass Murano Italy. A large piece it measures about 11 X 12 inches.

Now this is my favorite Murano Basket http://tinypic.com/53oec4 again the color is fabulous and the controlled bubbles, all lined with gold, it just looks so rich.

A Murano Collection to me should have at least one Fratelli Toso water splash. http://tinypic.com/53oevo I actually have two, but this one really stands out.

As with any collection I think, there is always one piece that you are not sure of. Is it Murano or not? http://tinypic.com/53of2u I love the shape of this and the color and as I said, I am not sure if it is murano, but still a favorite.

Terry
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on May 17, 2005, 03:31:41 AM
Quote from: "glasswizard"
Boy this was tough. How do you pick a favorite? I have so many and decided to put them in categories.....


Hi Terry!
I am sure we can expand the topic to have a favorite of each artist, or a favorite example of animals, baskets, vases, etc. I know it is hard to decide on 1 piece that is a "favorite."

Thanks for the pics! Great pieces. I am a Barbini collector so I too love the pieces you posted by him. Maybe you didnt know, but the Blue Basket is also Barbini. I have 3 of them :D Orange, White and Blue.

On the Pink Compote or Tazza, I am not sure if it is Murano.
The foot and stem look mold made, and I really havent seen one before, so maybe someone can help you with it on the Main board.

Oh, the ducks are great too :)
Javier
Title: Favorite Piece so far!
Post by: CathyG on May 18, 2005, 11:52:39 AM
What fun looking at all that beautiful glass!!! I'm just getting started but so far my favorite piece is this decanter. Thanks for asking.

Cathy G

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/OurfirstItalian.jpg
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: RAY on May 18, 2005, 10:44:56 PM
this is my best piece, 18" high and weighs a ton , 3 colour sommerso, sorry for the bad photo a bit dark, will take a better one tomorrow



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_4a126a8e.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/4a126a8e.jpg) click for bigger photo

here we go a better photo

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/th_c2bc8c78.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/refined/c2bc8c78.jpg)
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: glasswizard on May 19, 2005, 07:35:09 AM
I have to add my wow to Cathy G and to Ray. Now I have something to look for since I do not have a decanter. My hat is off to Svazzo, I admit to using your site to help identify my pieces. Recently I purchased a bowl that could have been AVEM but with your site I discovered it was actually a Dino Martens. Hopefully more will share pictures and we could even have a category called "What were they thinking?" This could cover a multitude of areas including most bizarre, strange colors, and even weight. I have one bowl I purchased with three birds as a set. The bowl weighs in at 9.5 pounds. To me that is a serious pc. of glass. Looking forward to more pics and fun, Terry
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: chopin-liszt on May 19, 2005, 08:20:31 AM
:shock:  :P  :shock:  :P  :shock:  :P To both Cathy's and Ray's decanters!!! I've never seen anything like these - if I had I'd have bought them.
I have very little in the way of Murano. Just my pink dragon facon-de-venise bonbon dish (cracked badly) an ashtray in the same style as Max's vase and a set of facon-de-venise (finger?) bowls. I'll post a picture of the bowls later, but here's the bonbon dish.

http://tinypic.com/55qx60

Does facon-de-venise count as Murano?

TTFN, Sue.
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Max on May 19, 2005, 04:41:04 PM
Javier?   :?   Rays decanter stopper is the shape I'm familiar with for these Poli-esque decanters - is Cathy's decanter stopper unusual?  At first I thought hers might have been ground down, but it looks perfect and untouched.   Or does the shorter stopper denote a different identity?  I'd love to know!   :D

Sue:  Love your dishy-dragon - I've seen him before on here and think he's very delicious!   :D  :D
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: CathyG on May 19, 2005, 08:26:34 PM
Thanks for all the kind words, It's great to see everyone's favorite pieces.

Max...if you have the book Italian Glass Century 20 look on page 118. A similar decanter with the same stopper as mine is featured there. It's because of that book I knew what the decanter was. I don't have much of a collection, but here is a couple of pictures of what I do have. Of course the striped vase is unidentified for now but I strongly feel it's Italian

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/italian004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/AllItalian.jpg
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: CathyG on May 19, 2005, 11:09:37 PM
Geez.....I'm sorry I seem to always do this (getting old I guess) the  sticker says Venetian Art Glass

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/glass47/sticker.jpg
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on May 19, 2005, 11:32:13 PM
Here's the photo of my 2 favorite decanters....

(http://www.svazzo.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/Decanters.jpg.w180h356.jpg)

The large White and Orange one has gold flecks throughout the entire body and stopper and measures 25 1/2" tall  :D
But even though the Blue one is smaller, I've decided its my favorite.
I collect the color and its just an excellent shape.

The taller one I am not sure about, but the Blue one is pictured in the Fratelli Toso book, so its well documented.

Javier
Title: Favourite piece of Murano
Post by: Anne E.B. on May 22, 2005, 01:13:17 PM
http://tinypic.com/5bblev

My favourite piece of Murano - not that I have many, is this green tricorn bowl.  It's quite modest compared to everyone elses, but I like it.  It sits on my bedroom window ledge along with other green pieces (a mixture of Scandinavian and Italian) and looks cool when the sunlight streams through.  It reminds me of a big glob of suspended liquid - lime jelly springs to mind! (pass the custard!)  I think it's by Flavio Poli (according to ones seen on eBay)  but not too sure, so would happy to be corrected.   It still has the remains of its original gold label sticker on the base.  
Just love looking at everyones' glass.
Enviously yours,
Anne.
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: chopin-liszt on May 23, 2005, 12:23:33 PM
:D  :D Hello, I've finally got my act together to photograph my facon-de-venise finger bowls. I don't know anything about them, I just liked them. I thought I could use them for floating candles, until I discovered that we don't actually like candles, they're smelly! These bowls are all different and are different colours, something to do with the thickness of the amber glass used in the clear. They're very fine, and don't appear to be cased, but they must be. In some of them, there is a completely clear bit on the base and in others there is a "lump" of amber. The feet are turned in from the original bubble of glass, they're made from one bit only. In one of them, there is a small gap between the foot and the bowl, which I discovered when the foot filled up with water :oops: ! They do not go green with a little UV light, but in daylight do seem to have a greeny-yellow glow - well the paler ones do anyway. This actually shows up quite well in the pictures. They have broken pontil marks. Any information about these (or my pink dragon bon-bon dish) would be gratefully recieved. I'd love to know even a ball-park figure for their age.
Here they are!

http://tinypic.com/5bwl5x
http://tinypic.com/5bwl8x
http://tinypic.com/5bwld4
http://tinypic.com/5bwlfm
http://tinypic.com/5bwlkg

Cheers, Sue.
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Leni on May 24, 2005, 10:18:12 AM
I think my Murano wine glasses with the gold aventurine in the stems http://tinypic.com/5cgmz5 go really well with the Baroque, but we tend to use the Waterford 'Seahorse' glasses all the time now  :roll:  :D (except they're packed away while the dining room is awaiting redecoration, so we are currently drinking everything out of the 'kitchen' wine glasses - utilitarian son would approve!  :lol: )  

Leni
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: paradisetrader on May 28, 2005, 07:22:24 PM
Max's Campanella
Max I have seen these online with stickers saying Mandruzzato..... a company not listed in Murano Magic but I think your shape is shown on their website here tp://www.mandruzzato.ve.it/ProdPerFoto_Eng.asp?IDFoto=1&Cat=50
but I can't check at the moment as your message is too far back for me to access.

Cathy G's decanter
I have seen this one attributed to Cenedese in fact it's in Pina's Century 20.

Terry
Your ducks look similar in style (well duck attitude) to one on Javier's site here http://www.trocadero.com/svazzo/items/415366/item415366store.html#item

Javier
The Barbini which captured your heart is the one shown on your website masthead ? Could we see a pic of the whole piece ? It appears to be only a neck and head showing there. Thanks

I'm still trying to decide on my favorite Murano piece .... I'll take some pics soon
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on June 02, 2005, 06:20:00 PM
Hi Terry,
On your ducks, I just bought 1 in the same color with a "Hand Made Venetian - J.I. Co. - Made In Italy" label. Now that I can handle it and see it in detail I would say it is closer to a Fratelli Toso piece in the design, than Seguso.

I do have to post a full pic of the "Svazzo" duck by Barbini. Will get that in here by tomorrow hopefully.

Javier
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Anonymous on June 02, 2005, 11:43:21 PM
Paradise Trader: "I have seen this one attributed to Cenedese in fact it's in Pina's Century 20. "

Although the decanter certainly could be cenedese, unless it had a label on it, I'd take the attribution with a grain of salt. Some of the attributions in those books are based on attribution from auction houses, owners, etc., and not really documented.

Laura F.
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: svazzo on June 06, 2005, 12:59:09 AM
Here's the full photo of my bird

http://www.svazzo.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/svazzoduck.jpg

Javier
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Anonymous on June 07, 2005, 10:23:08 AM
Quote from: "glasswizard"
As with any collection I think, there is always one piece that you are not sure of. Is it Murano or not? http://tinypic.com/53of2u  I love the shape of this and the color and as I said, I am not sure if it is murano, but still a favorite. Terry


Yes this is made in Murano at 99%.
It can be a piece of 1920 approx. or a reproduction made later.
It's a simple, but nice piece

Alex
http://www.artofvenice.com
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Anonymous on June 07, 2005, 12:26:58 PM
Those are some of my favourite pieces in my personal collection:

Classic
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/venetianglass9.jpg
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/venetianglass1.jpg

Contemporary
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/contemporaryglass2.jpg
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/contemporaryglass6.jpg
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/contemporaryglass10.jpg
http://www.artofvenice.com/immagini3/contemporaryglass11.jpg

I have also some older pieces by Pauly-CVM, but no photo for them.

Sinerely

Alex
Title: What is the best Murano piece from your collection!?!?
Post by: Artofvenice on June 08, 2005, 08:30:03 PM
Ho no, it isn't one of the last lino's works. I can't afford them, I have just a pair of older pieces made by Tagliapietra, when his prices were very lower. That one was made by a good local master glassmaker on my request (and honestly I had in my mind also the wonderful tagliapietra vessels).

The goblets were made by Carlo Tosi "Caramea" for Barovier&Toso during the '60. A reproduction was made few years agoo to present an international goblets exhibit in Murano.

Ciao

Alex
http://www.artofvenice.com