Topic: Symmetrical facet-cut sommerso bowl - Murano or other?

[Scott13]

H, just wondering if this might actually be from Murano; won’t be at all surprised if it isn’t !
( TK Maxx comes to mind  )

Heavy-ish and about 11cm at the widest.
Two colours, red and a thin layer of amber under the red.
Heavily cased in clear glass.
One can see faint lines on the glass - presumably left by the cutters.

Thanks for looking 

Scott

[Lustrousstone]

Looks like Murano to me.

[chopin-liszt]

It does, very much, to me too.

But that doesn't mean I haven't seen Mandruzzato in TKMaxx. I have.

[Paul S.]

there is a virtually identically shaped piece - with similar sommerso amber and red colours -  in Andy McConnell's 'Miller's 20th-Century Glass' - page 86.                      Under the heading of 'Twentieth-century Murano Glass', the piece is described as a 'cut object, 1970s or 80s sommerso'  -  unfortunately, the description doesn't include the size, but the impression is that your piece and the book example are probably fairly similar in proportions. 

[Scott13]

Hi all, many thanks for your replies - with their comments and info - greatly appreciated 
Now I’m going to have to go to TK Maxx as well as the charity shops.............

Scott

[glassobsessed]

Always worth a look, a few years ago they had some genuine Murano in there, signed too, forget by who but one of the contemporary makers like Formia.

John

[chopin-liszt]

Sadly, the days of finding really good stuff in TKMaxx appear to have vanished, but early on, it was there regularly.
But it is well worth keeping an eye on what does turn up there - if only to be better educated about seeing the same stuff on "antiques and collectables" stalls, elsewhere.

[Scott13]

Hi,
Sounds as if I’ve missed the boat!
I do go to TK Maxx sometimes - a couple of years ago I bought two cylindrical glass vases with
applied eyes, noses and mouths ( one looks just like Homer Simpson  ).
Made in Romania and signed the “ Nico Collection “ .
I haven’t been able to find out anything about them - I’ll have to post them sometime !!

Scott

[brucebanner]

I was dragged around the Worcester Tkmax just before new year and they had a few fake Murano pieces really badly made with labels but several very well made Adam Jablonski weight's and they were signed, i already have one so did not buy them, always a positive out of a negative shopping with my wife.

I sold a huge early one of these about 8 inches in diameter in uranium a really early one, one of my biggest glass regrets. it weighed just over 4kg .

[Scott13]

Hi Chris,
I have the feeling that in future it’ll be me who’ll be doing the dragging 
Good to hear of your positive outcome.

Scott