Topic: small vase , murano Mandruzzato -Flavio Poli ? help with I.D

[pugster]

yet another i need help with tho i think i might have found another very similar on the owners site that is labelled as
'Mandruzzato, based on a design by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte.'

..well its as close as i can find , no I.D marks i can see vase measures just over 7" at its highest point and is clear and purple in colour , it glows faintly green under a blacklight.
 as before many thanks for any help with I.D that people can provide, if anyone wants any more photos from different angles let me i know - at the moment i feel as tho im swamping the board asking for help

[Anne Tique]

I think it is a little bit plain (and i say this in the nicest way) for Mandruzatto....

Scrowl down on the link...

http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/other_glass/muranosommerso_home.htm

[chopin-liszt]

You say it is purple, but your image shows a grey blue. I think it is neodynium glass. It should be grey blue in daylight (as in your pic) but under artificial lights it will be a pale rosy lilac.
Sorry, I can't help with anything Murano-ish. I know Mandruzatto as having a rough texture on the outside of some sommerso bits, and of other sommerso bits which have a lot of angular cutting, but that's it.
I've just looked again, and now realise you refer to the colour inside! (doh.  )

but the grey-blue shade on the outer casing still looks as if it could be neodynium.

A pale green "glow" under UV light indicates magnesium being used as a decolourant in the metal.

[pugster]

I think it is a little bit plain (and i say this in the nicest way) for Mandruzatto....

Scrowl down on the link...

http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/other_glass/muranosommerso_home.htm

lol i fully understand what you are saying - tho to me some of the pieces in the link you provided look even plainer... tho im not an expert  , im just learning and buy pieces i like the look of , this piece was in a group of 5 i bought at auction which was labeled as 'venetian glass' tho as im now learning theres lots of fakes around so dont worry about being polite 
 i'll admit im finding it very hard to identify pieces , chopin-liszt you are correct and the outer glass does have a grey/blue tint to it (i thought this was a reflection from the purple)and its the inside thats purple (the purple continues round through the handle) , the lower inside of the hoop where you pick it up is very rough 'cast'

[Anne Tique]

Sorry if i was not very clear...but i never said it was Mandruzatto...

[chopin-liszt]

I'm a bit concerned now, when you say the insidey bit of the handle is "rough".

This could merely be an indication of poorer quality, or, and I can't tell from the image, a hole has been produced in the body of the piece to create a handle.

Making a hole in the body of an already blown piece is a very difficult and complicated thing to achieve, and will result in a "seam" on the inside of the handle, where the hot glass has been cut and rejoined.

Does the colour of the casing change to a rosy lilac under artificial lighting?

[pugster]

ok i went outside to try and get some better pics in natural light , the rough 'seam' is on the inside edge (i hope you can see in the photo) and not on the handle- there are 2 small dots or depressions on either side of the bottom part of the seam , yes the vase is hollow (the purple bit is the hollow part , altho you cant see it as it very thin the purple continues round the handle in a thin line and also stretches up through the top 'finger' , to my eye the clear part has a blue tinge to it (my eyes are not the best)
hope the photos give a better idea of what im trying to say about the seam/rough bit in the first photo.

[chopin-liszt]

I can see it perfectly, thank-you so much. 
A hole has been cut into the hot metal to create the handle - so it is a highly complex and skilled thing that has been achieved, despite what you describe as "roughness" - that is to be expected. It's not an indication of poor quality, but of highly skilled workmanship.
But I still can't help with Mandruzatto or not.

[glassobsessed]

As Sue says the quality looks fine, the vase reminds me of this one a bit which is no where near as flamboyant: https://picasaweb.google.com/Johnmj100/GlassFromMurano#5906731208633708466

Finding the maker for your vase is not easy, so many furnaces and relatively short lived companies on Murano.

John

[pugster]

this is the link to what it reminded me of, second one down that is listed as 'attributed to Mandruzzato, based on a design by Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte. '
 tho mine looks like they forgot to bend the top part over 

http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/mandruzzato_glass/mandruzzato_home.htm