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Italian Pinwheel Dish - Murano? Maker?

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obscurities:
I will start by saying this looks like it will glow under black light.... but I am sorry to tell Christine it does not.......   :cry:

The piece measures 5 inches in diameter and 1.25 inches tall.

Looking for suggestions as to who made it...  Very well executed.

TIA  Craig

langhaugh:
Hi Craig:

Nice bowl. These are really hard to pin down (npi), as quite few makers, both well-known and obscure, did this type of design. I was going to say I'd call this 'a canne' or even 'mezza filigrana' as I tend to associate pinwheel with Fratelli Toso, but, actually looking at the piece, it is a pinwheel. Any idea where the term pinwheel came from? It's not a translation of anything Italian, I don't think.

David

obscurities:
David, I believe the term originates from an old style toy , where a spinning surface was suspended from a pin on a stick.  The shape of the object would allow for it to spin if moved through the air, or also if held in the wind.  The patterns on the toy would seem to form a spiraling, or pinwheel pattern......  Later the term was applied to spinning discs with patterns that would be driven by a small motor, and the pattern on the flat surface would appear to look, in some cases, like the pattern in this glass... a circular type of pattern, seeming to emit a circular or spinning motion......   

I hope that makes sense.....

Here is a Google search  for:

Pinwheels

Craig

langhaugh:
Craig:

Thanks for taking the trouble to explain. My bigger question is who applied the term to glass, and is it a Murano term? Just one of many idiosyncrasies, a preoccupation with terminology. I should just appreciate your bowl.

David

obscurities:
That I do not know.... maybe the Italians invented the pinwheel.....   ;D

I suppose it is also possible and more likely that it is a term applied by the English speaking world due to the appearance of some pieces....

It is better, and fancier, than just calling calling it spiral.....

Craig

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