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Title: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 12, 2008, 06:56:25 PM

Hi All
       while on my adventure's today i came across this tourquoise blue Shell but with white under tone,s it is 7ins in diameter between an inch and 1.5ins high pontil is polished please take a look and comment which are most welcome as per usual.

perfect for car keys and the like, just inside the hall way dont you think,

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 13, 2008, 05:42:46 PM

Hi
   Searched the net ages for this can not find anything, how about Murano?

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: shandiane78 on March 13, 2008, 07:01:59 PM

It definitely looks like Murano glass to me - Probably by Fratelli Toso.

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 13, 2008, 08:10:07 PM

Hi Shannon
                Thank you, for the in put, i was thinking Murano but not sure, will keep looking to see if i can pin it down cheers
                                                                                                                                                                      Steve

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 14, 2008, 12:07:46 AM

Anne
       Thank you i wonder if this an ashtray of some form which were produced for the tourist trade, just guessing at the moment,
                                                                                                                                                                           Steve

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Andy on March 14, 2008, 12:26:33 AM

Steve,
if i saw this in a charity shop, i think i would buy it ;)
Andy

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 14, 2008, 12:32:10 AM

Hi Andy
           cheers nice hey it, but struggling to find out who made it and when could be from the 50s am going on the fact i got it from same place as the two jug sets, if you have seen them, but all guess work at the moment,
                                                                                                                  Steve,

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 14, 2008, 02:22:12 AM

Could this shell be from the 70s it would not be a top to a split piece? clutching a straws now.

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Lustrousstone on March 14, 2008, 07:08:57 AM

I think it's just a dish. As to date, it's really hard with many of these touristy pieces. People bought them and they just carried on making them for years and years. 1960/70s onward is probably as good as you are going to get - that's only nearly 50 years of package holidays to choose from

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: TxSilver on March 14, 2008, 01:28:46 PM

I agree with Shannon that the bowl looks most like Fratelli Toso. The bottom ribbing looks like it could be one of their opalino pieces. I can't see a lot of the detail in the pictures, but it looks like something they would do. I attached a picture of the bottom of one of their rose opalino bowls so you can compare, Gilead.

Anita

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 15, 2008, 12:54:46 AM

Anita
         It looks just the same on the base as that very milky colour, would these have been made in other colours as well, if so how many, from your picture and mine it seems  to be a Fratelli Toso then would'nt mind finding some more like this,

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Ivo on March 15, 2008, 07:59:49 AM

Quote from: Gilead on March 12, 2008, 06:56:25 PM

perfect for car keys and the like, just inside the hall way dont you think,

I suggest soapdish for the bathroom rather than a videpoche for the hallway  :ac1:

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: TxSilver on March 15, 2008, 12:58:09 PM

Gilead, FT does opalino in several colors. Blue is one of the favorites. I read the comment about keys. Definitely not! Keys or other hard things scratch the glass over time and ruin a bowl. Ivo's idea of soap seems better... but would it discolor the glass over time? Maybe better is to put it in a display cabinet or on a shelf :-)

Other companies, e.g. Seguso, did opalino. Your rim looks more like FT to me.

Anita

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on March 19, 2008, 12:06:22 AM

Hi Anita
    Well the shell has been claimed my wife says she wants it for the bathroom, hoping when i go to the place i got this shell from that he will still have the other 2 piece's that where simular, but more of a vase type, tomorrow, tried to see if i could see the same shell on ebay but no joy, cheers for all the input to the post,
                                              steve

Title: Re: Glass Shell
Post by: Gilead on April 05, 2008, 08:21:21 AM

I got a reply from Fratelli Toso today regarding this Shell and all thay were prepaid to say was the date 1965, and that many factorys made these ash trays, there words. so i have a date and it's one of the Murano factorys,
                                                                                                       Steve