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Author Topic: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper - Murano?  (Read 879 times)

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Offline Madam Medusa

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Brought these bottles a few weeks ago along with other items and did not realise that they were covered in gold speckles and streaks. I was told they come as a pair?.  About 2/3rds down around each bottle are leaves that stands prominent from the bottle itself. The leaves which are part of the glass bottle are about 5cm to 6cm in height.  I tried to capture this with my camera but found it difficult to obtain a good image.   The bottle is 20cm tall and 9cm squared with curved corners. There is a lightly indent round shape at the base of the bottle slightly textured too 6cm dia.   Carried out a thorough search but have not been successful in finding out much about these pair.  I looked through my friends 20th Century Glass by Judith Miller and found a similar shape bottle(Pezzo Unico di Prova vase), however, the pattern design is different and there is no stopper.  My only lead at the moment is Barovier & Toso, as they used gold and leaves in their pieces.  Could anybody tell me anything about these pair and roughly the probable year it was made. Thanks ::)
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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 07:13:33 PM »
I have been looking through more of the books but found no matches. This piece is so unusual  :-\
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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2010, 07:42:47 PM »
Maybe a moderator could add Murano? to the header.
Sorry , cant help on an id.
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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper - Murano?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 02:02:25 AM »
Any ideas about these bottles?? :rah:
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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper - Murano?
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2010, 09:55:30 PM »
 :fc: Merry Christmas Everybody! I've brought this back to your attention as I am still searching for a conformation of these bottles being Murano. Thanks Again.  :sg:
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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper - Murano?
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 07:54:36 AM »
Seems the technique is rolled-in shards of yellow and aventurine and then mould blown - I cannot see any gold leaf. Seen the colour I would sooner look at Czechoslovakia (Harrach?) or France (Legras) for a match.

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Re: Brown gold speckled bottle with heart shape stopper - Murano?
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2011, 08:02:23 PM »
Happy New Year to you all!   :dance:
Sorry I haven't been able to reply to your last message as I have been away on business. I have managed to take higher definition images and I hope these will help with identification.  :rah:
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