Topic: Facon de Venise style gadrooned bowl

[neil53]

Hi, I picked this bowl up in Amsterdam along with a lot of 18th century glass.  The bowl is 20th century in the style of a facon de Venise bowl of the 17th century. The bowl is cup-shaped, measuring 24.5 cm (9.8 inches) in diameter at the turned-over rim.   The bowl is gadrooned to the lower half with a second gather of glass and sits on a thick merise and a tall, fluted foot which measures 13.8 cm (5.5 inches) in diameter and has a turned-up edge.  The bowl is 20 cm (8 inches) in height and weighs 1.73 Kg.  The glass has a green tinge to it.

Initially the thought was that it might be Gray Stan but no such bowl appears in their catalogue.  It has some age to it and I would put it at about 1950/1960.  Can anybody shed some light on its origins?

Best wishes
Neil

[Ivo]

I' d strongly suspect a museum replica made in Bohemia or by Bon in Murano.  There is hardly a museum n the Nethrlands where the shop does not sell this type of glass. Not cheap, mind you.
Soft scratch happens in as little as 10 to 15 years so you can only tell it has lived, not how long.

[neil53]

Thanks Ivo, I'll try to see what I can find out by scouring the gift shop web sites!  Best wishes, Neil