Topic: Cambridge Glass (?) Amethyst and Gold Pin Tray

[horochar]

I am wondering who produced this very fancy gold and paint decorated glass bowl or pin tray with applied flowers and when.  It's tiny (3 inches/8 cm at longest diagonal dimension), but if I am not sure it was intended as a pin tray because placing items in the bowl would damage the decoration. The foot and glass color reminds me of Cambridge.
Thanks,
Charles.

[dirk.]

hi Charles,

for similarities in decoration techniques - see this thread:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,25830.0.html

[johnphilip]

It looks more Venetian especially the decoration .

[Ivo]

I disagree - this is very Bohemian indeed - the Italian Terzo Fuoco pieces (can this be said?) are a tad more refined... not much of course.

[TxSilver]

I would also say Bohemian for this one. Italian and Japanese companies made glass that was decorated a similar way, but this dish looks more Bohemian to me.

[johnphilip]

The reason i thought maybe Venetian is that i sold one of those little liqueur sets a decanter and six small glasses with similar decoration it had an Italian retailers label  - Cavurotto -    jewellers watch makers and silversmiths . Italy. but i suppose it could have been made anywhere .

[TxSilver]

The confusion about who did this type of glass is probably why they are not more expensive. According to Mazzaccato site, www.lineamazzuccato.it/pagine/catalogue/default.htm, they are from an 18th Century design. I had a Salviati set that still had its label. They all look very much alike to me. I have also seen some that were said to be Chinese. The decoration is pretty, so I imagine they do very well in a primary market. When they lose their labels, though, it is tough to attribute them.