no FM Ronneby IS Fratelli Marcolin; the larger-than-life brothers tried to
switch production to Sardinia Crystal in 1999 but this soon resulted in
fisticuffs, and business ceased in retirement. Or so I've been told.
I have a Marcolin brochure and have not seen any panel cut somerso or
millefiori glass in there. These are quite specific techniques. So - are
these certain attributions, or did the brothers import from the homeland as
well?
Do you know how many different shapes and colour combinations the company
produced?
Ivo records the Marcolin Brothers as having their own company from 1961 to
1994.
......"the larger-than-life brothers"..........
What do you mean?
Thanks Ingela!Do you know how many different shapes and colour combinations the company
produced?
Good question!
I do not have an answer to that question but I know that in 1970 FM Konstglas had 700 combinations available in different sizes, shapes and colours.
At http://www.marcolinartcrystal.com/shop/index.php you can get an overview
of the different colour combinations used today by Marcolin Art Crystal.
There was a beautiful piece for sale on eBay this week that had Sardinia in the engraved signature....this is the first piece I have seen, and probably dates it quite accurately......I wish I had bid for it now.
My poor elephant (broken trunk in the post!) was M588/200 and is Swedish. Do you know who 'M' was?
Inca, can I ask you, if you came across a piece of millefiori or latticino
glass that was unsigned, how would you recognise it as being a Konstglas
Ronneby piece?
I have a Marcolin brochure and have not seen any panel cut somerso or millefiori glass in there. These are quite specific techniques. So - are these certain attributions, or did the brothers import from the homeland as well?
I have e-mailed Marcolin to see if they can help further.
I received a positive response from Renate Marcolin of Marcolin Art Crystal, and have provided a link to this thread, so hopefully we may get some interesting feedback.
On the FM site post number #573 has a very similar head as to mine.
I have now also learnt that Luigi Barbaro worked for FM at the end of the
1960's/the beginning of the 1970's, he is the brother of Alessandro Barbaro
http://www.signoretti.it/inglese/barbaro.asp
Love the gold Dorothy bag :clap: and the top one, and the bottom one...
I have bought another bird that I think is probably Marcolin, and will try to include a picture of that with the otter....OK? :thup:
Hello Ingela, no you haven't missed it.......
There is a bird that is coming off eBay today. It looks like Marcolin, but appears to have color in the glass around the core. It is number 220432374428 (not my auction).
There is also this auction ending today, 380132746757 on ebay UK (also not my auction).
John.