No-one likes general adverts, and ours hadn't been updated for ages, so we're having a clear-out and a change round to make the new ones useful to you. These new adverts bring in a small amount to help pay for the board and keep it free for you to use, so please do use them whenever you can, Let our links help you find great books on glass or a new piece for your collection. Thank you for supporting the Board.

Author Topic: ID help Murano Bullicante Aventurine Lamp Seguso?  (Read 798 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Ladyluvvy

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 3
  • I'm new, please be gentle
    • All glass
    • USA
ID help Murano Bullicante Aventurine Lamp Seguso?
« on: June 26, 2014, 10:27:15 PM »
Hello and thank you for the opportunity to ask if this is a Bullicante Aventurine 50s lamp designed by Archimede Seguso and made by Barovier & Toso in Murano.
Thank you for any info and pricing help. I want to be reasonable and not scare any potential buyers away. The only sticker on it is from Sally's Lamps & Shades in Long Beach California

Support the Glass Message Board by finding a book via book-seek.com


Offline Ohio

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 1597
    • Glass USA & Art Deco Lamps
Re: ID help Murano Bullicante Aventurine Lamp Seguso?
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2014, 04:22:08 AM »
Regarding these Murano glass lamps & I have some experience having sold approx 20 good ones over the years & not one of them could be positively attributed. Most U.S. final stage lamp manufacturers after WWII did not manufacture the glass components of their lamps…they subcontracted with glass manufacturers, some domestic, some foreign (imports), for glass parts & had them shipped for final assembly so identifying whom did what for whom is pretty much impossible since subcontracted job records were not kept by the vast majority of either glass manufacturers or final stage lamp manufacturers.

When it comes to Murano glass parts for lamps (and keep in mind 95% of the times just the glass was shipped not a complete lamp), it could be almost anyone...just throw out names, Seguso, Toso, Barbini, I could go on & on,  who designed & manfactured the glass parts for assembly so I would not even hazard a guess.

This may give you a better idea of what you are up against when it comes to attribution of glass used in lamps in many cases. 

Support the Glass Message Board by finding glass through glass-seek.com


Offline Ladyluvvy

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 3
  • I'm new, please be gentle
    • All glass
    • USA
Re: ID help Murano Bullicante Aventurine Lamp Seguso?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2014, 04:25:38 AM »
Wow that was an education thank you for taking the time. That explains so much it is very valuable to me. Have a great 4th.

Support the Glass Message Board by finding a book via book-seek.com


Offline glassobsessed

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 6808
  • Gender: Male
    • Mdina
    • South Wales
Re: ID help Murano Bullicante Aventurine Lamp Seguso?
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2014, 08:55:17 AM »
I was able to positively id this lamp base as it had the remains of a Seguso label on the base. I think they were both made with gold leaf or gold dust (polveri) rather than aventurine but it can be hard to be distinguish between them.

John

Support the Glass Message Board by finding glass through glass-seek.com


Offline Ladyluvvy

  • Members
  • **
  • Posts: 3
  • I'm new, please be gentle
    • All glass
    • USA
Looks identical except for height
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2014, 09:09:07 PM »
Beautiful lamp it looks identical except for height I imagine. Mine is 19" tall and 7" diameter. It is interesting to me how different it looks, outside in daylight, inside turned off in daylight, inside turned on in daylight and turned on at night is spectacular

Support the Glass Message Board by finding a book via book-seek.com


 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk
Visit the Glass Encyclopedia
link to glass encyclopedia
Visit the Online Glass Museum
link to glass museum


This website is provided by Angela Bowey, PO Box 113, Paihia 0247, New Zealand