Topic: Octagonal bowl,murano?

[bat20]

I thought this maybe  be a murano piece,it has a broken pontil ,a ring and is light,i think it's mould blown with an applied foot ring,i should also add there is a impressed star or flower shape in the base,any thoughts many thanks.

[bat20]

Well since this wasn't dismissed out of hand here's the other one i found with it,i've lost my uv torch but it looks like it could glow,there's no star in the bottom of the bowl on this one ,a more pushed up base though and a slight iridescence

[glassobsessed]

They could well have been made for Salviati, more photos against a white background might help pin it down a bit.

Here is a bowl in Salviati's very coppery aventurine.

John

[bat20]

Hope this helps John,the only thing i can add to help is the glass has that type of brittle ring and i can't capture the green one at all,it's a slightly opal green with some iridescence,nice little bowl by the way.

[glassobsessed]

They do look to be of the period, the aventurine bowl I have is easier to pin down because it is so distinctive.

The greenish coloured bowl looks a bit like Girasol glass, then again perhaps not, too green and not opaque enough. Any chance of a photo of it with a black background this time? 

Is the other bowl made with pale blue glass and tiny purple chips or is it clear glass with tiny purple and blue chips?

[bat20]

It's the pale blue with tiny purple chips option John,on the other there is hints of blue in certain lights especially the thickest parts,but having looked up a few Girasol not nearly as strong as the examples i saw.

[glassobsessed]

Ok, not girasol we can agree on that.

There are a couple of items in the book: Venetian Glass of the 1890s, Salviati at Stanford University by Caqrol M Osbourne that I had forgotten about. Both are made in a pale green semi-translucent glass that looks just like the glass in your green bowl (compote with lid page 126, goblet page 151).

So I reckon both your bowls could have been sold by Salviati & Co, not sure who actually made them as they stocked wares from several furnaces on Murano at the time but they both look good for the 1880-1900 time period to me.

[bat20]

Thanks for taking the time John much appreciated,it's funny i've found a few items of Murano of that date recently in the same area,i wonder if someone has unwittingly dispersed a collection?That book sounds expensive?

[glassobsessed]

A bit over 30 quid including postage, new, from one seller on Amazon at the moment. Fill your boots!