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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: uphoosier on September 14, 2009, 03:47:03 PM
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Contemporary Murano made vase. I can't make out the studio name. I even checked Ivo's list and still came up empty. Does anyone recognize the name? Thanks for looking.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/385128/P1070263.JPG)
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/385128/P1070268.JPG)
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Glass House Wo?v? :huh: ::)
Carolyn
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Hi:
I see (kind of) Glass Studio Murano. I googled it and got http://feng777.en.ec21.com/Handmade_Murano_Design_Glass_Decorative--1982542_3331411.html which look Chihuly style pieces. I didn't see any pieces like yours on there, but... Is Glass Studio a possible reading? It's a site worth having a look at if you want to get an idea of what's out there being sold as Murano.
David
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I wonder if you could somehow switch the picture to black and white and play around with the intensity, etc. to bring the signature up. I will try this and see what happens.
Carolyn
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-12005 (http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-12005)
Sorry, I have no idea how to get the picture to be here in the message, but there's the link. :-[
CMP
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Thank you both for the comments. I'll post some photos per your suggestions in the morning.
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If I ignored the signature, I'd look at the possibility of it being Campanella. The gold finish, the general colour, and the shape suggest Campanella to me. But I can't see any recognizably Campanella murrines. BTW, why do you think contemporary? (I'm not disagreeing.)
David
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The person I bought it from purchased it from a department store a few years back.
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Your vase reminds me of some of the vases made by Amedeo Rossetto. I ran across some of the things he made for Laguna Glass today. http://www.lagunamurano.it/index.php/cPath/2?osCsid=m3i4iv34hej84bhaq5g0iivq30 is a link.
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It looks as a generic signature: "glass studio Murano". Often the clients ask for a signature, also in pieces that the producer doesn't sign. So the seller signs himself the piece with a "fantasy" signature. This was pretty common... expecially in the turistic factory (where they produce nothing, but where they declare themself as a factory-studio :P )
Anyway from the details I can say at least 6 names producing very similar items, but I could add other 10 due to it was a very popular technique and style.
Campanella
DonĂ
Fornasotta
DiPi
Gambaro
Pagnin
Sincerely
Alex
www.artofvenice.com (http://www.artofvenice.com)
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Thanks for the comments everyone; and the explanation, Alex. It looked Glass Studio Murano to me, but that didn't make sense. Now it does.
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I was also wondering if someone else put a signature on there as well. Most of the time if there is a signature it will state who did the piece and it would not be a "Studio". I consider "Studio" glass to be made by a Studio not a city such as Murano.
I don't doubt that your piece is Murano but the signature looks boggus to me, just to get more money by the seller to sell it a little higher by saying it is signed.
Also, Gambaro & Poggi's murrina is very defined. Meaning the murrina is not stretched. I would considered Gambaro & Poggi's murrina work like the work of Ercole Moretti. Both companies are highly regarded for their murrine work.
I think your piece is generic but a nice generic with a fake signature. I personally do not think that your piece is made by Gambaro & Poggi.
Here is an example of their work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MURANO-ITALIAN-ARTGLASS-MILLEFIORI-BOWL-GAMBARO-POGGI_W0QQitemZ220482308288QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3355c508c0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
tam bam
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Tam Bam:
Did Gambaro and Poggi make their own murrines? (I say 'did" because I can't find any murrine work on their current site.) My impression is that the murrines are made by a limited number of companies, Ercole Moretti, being one.
David
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I am not too sure if Gambaro & Poggi make their own murrines or not but I am willing to bet that they do since they are a full fledged glass house. I was just comparing the quality of their murrine work with Ercole Moretti.
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David,
I found a piece on Ebay right now that is a great example of Gambaro & Poggi's work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MILLEFIORE-GAMBARO-POGGI-SIGNED-GLASS-BIRD-BEAUTIFUL_W0QQitemZ110438631141QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b6a7c6e5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
See how well defined the murrines are.
tam bam
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I wish my vase looked that nice. thanks, Tam Bam, and everyone else.
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The murrine work of G&P and Campanella is very similar to me. Most pieces I have seen have fairly thick canes facing outward and covered with gold. The murrines in the vase in this post remind me more of those in the link I gave above. They are thinner and not all of them are facing outward. This is a good enough vase, though. Some of the poor quality millefioiri pieces look like someone stuck decals on the outside. This latter type of millefiori needs to be re-melted, IMO. I would definitely keep the vase in this thread out of the melt pile.
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Anita, I agree the murrina are very similar, but the gold coating on the Laguna vases is much heavier.