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Title: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: mrvaselineglass on February 09, 2008, 10:31:45 PM
I just wanted so show off my new fish.  This guy is a real monster in size:  7 inches tall, 10.5 inches long, and over 2 inches thick.

Here is what I found out about this company from doing a google search (from www.glassyeye.com)

The company would appear to date from c.1967 when started by Vincenzo Nason as VNC, who is known to have trained at Venini, right up until c.2000 – it is believed they are no longer operating. Originally traded as VNC and Veritable Opaline until 1989, thereafter V.Nason & C.

The 'Veritable Opaline' glass were often elegant, classically shaped vases. One feature that appears to predominate is the bases, which are milky white but when backlit show as amber.

Glass by V.Nason was known for using aventurine. This process involved rolling the molten glass into copper flakes and Nason commonly used 'black' glass. This glass also has a very light clear 'casing' so the copper would always appear to be on the surface, and the surface feels lightly textured.

V.Nason also produced a wide variety of animal sculptures, from which a variety of effects was often used; sommerso and pulegosa for example. These sculptures carried various labels with the prominent Nason logo.

http://www.vaselineglass.org/nasonfish.jpg (http://www.vaselineglass.org/nasonfish.jpg)

Dave Peterson (aka: Mr. Vaseline Glass)
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: shandiane78 on February 10, 2008, 06:10:43 PM
Fantastic!
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: josordoni on February 10, 2008, 07:31:28 PM
Oh well tasty fish...

no chips I presume (so sorry.... couldn't stop myself in time..... :chky:)
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: David E on February 12, 2008, 11:15:10 PM
Yes, I do have a few of the V.Nason pieces that glow in the dark (www.glassyeye.com is my site - one day I'll get round to listing more information ;))
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: David E on February 14, 2008, 10:57:35 AM
Full URL to the Nason page:

http://www.glassyeye.com/glasspages/italy-nason.html
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: Hotglass on May 17, 2008, 11:03:40 AM
Nice fish. Label and style would indicate 80's onwards.

CMOG has a vase designed by Carlo Nason for Vincenzo Nason & C designed about 1958. They could be 10 years out I suppose ...........

There must have been at least 2 people called Vincenzo Nason. The one who was the son of Ugo and who with his 3 brothers and 4 Moretti's formed Nason & Moretti in 1923, died in 1946 according to Gable in Murano Magic. Nason & Moretti was still in existence in 1960 when the firm participated in that years 30th Venice Biennale.
Ed.
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: johnphilip on January 03, 2011, 02:45:10 PM
Hi have just been up in the loft looking around as one does when bored and i found a large heavy corroso BOWL signed Nason and Moretti , loads of Kosher wear on the base , What can you tell me ?
 sorry still cant do pictures trying to entice Anne around to show me . DA TEKNICAL GIZZARD
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: Anne on January 03, 2011, 07:19:51 PM
Email me copies if you have them JP and I'll add them for you :)
Title: Re: Vincenzo Nason BLUE/VASELINE fish
Post by: Artofvenice on January 06, 2011, 02:37:42 PM
Nice piece. Havi, massive, a classic Murano glasswork of that age, but still now very contemporary.
Poli, Seguso and Cenedese's influence is evident at my eyes.

www.artofvenice.com (http://www.artofvenice.com)