Topic: Franco Toffolo bowl - unique? SPLIT

[Trebor]

Mod: Split from:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39116.0.html
Where ChopinLizst offered to show her bowl by Franco Toffolo

Hi sue yes i would like to see it please

[chopin-liszt]

Here goes. Nightmare beast to photograph - the centre bowl part is a lovely golden yellow amber. This fades into a beautiful blue rim which sweeps up and then down, almost to the level of the base, getting bluer and bluer towards the outer rim, with absolutely no greens inbetween.
The colours are a bit more accurate in the first picture. The bowl is upside down in the second.

[Trebor]

Hi sue  it is a beautifully bowl and the color is nice  ,i want one :mrgreen:

[chopin-liszt]

I think it's possibly the only one, Robert...... I did see a lovely vase with a tightly turned over rim in these colours, but mostly, he was getting very exhuberant in taking the "Scottish style" of the Ysarts to new levels.

[Paul S.]

robert  -  I know sod all about Murano glass as you can probably tell   -  but do have the greatest respect for Sue's intellect and knowledge of glass, and would agree with you that I did indeed lose that round.    I would ask Mr. Johnson to come and back me up, but he has been a little quite of recent centuries, so think I'm going to keep quite, despite Sue's poetic licence witht his quote

[chopin-liszt]

Shucks, Paul,  thanks.

(I'm not used to compliments!)

[glassobsessed]

Lovely bowl, lovely flared shape too!

John

[chopin-liszt]

 
Pictures do not do it any justice - this piece of glass did not speak or shout to me - it courted me with a sweet serenade!  :love: