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Thinly blown , footed yellow bowl with white enamel rim .

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glassobsessed:
They are drinking glasses rather than vases, I had a bunch of them in different sizes. On Murano it is not so much a dynamic of copying each other, it is much more that they shared (and still do) premises/furnaces and glass makers. The idea that there are distinct entities making glass is not how it has been, glass making teams are often made up of people who could work for several companies as and when the demand requires. There is a natural propagation of ideas, techniques and designs as a result.

Baked_Beans:
Thanks John , that's good to know that they shared ideas in that way .

They were sensitive to other firms copying their designs though. In the book mentioned above they quote a letter from Cappellin ( written in 1954 to Agnoldomenico Pica ) , about his struggle at the beginning ,   where he says ...." it was the Milan shop  ( the Piazzetta ) that had the courage , the daring to show the new production of 'forms and colours ' . There were those then who looked at us , in fact who appreciated us . And this was our ambition : every Saturday to exhibit the production of the week in the windows of the Piazzetta . Such was our joy and our love that we did not notice that indiscreet eyes - allow me to say it - thieves , passed , saw , copied . It was known now that the 'Cappellin-Venini' was successful . Following this the first participation in Monza (1923) with a corner all to ourselves .It was a revelation.  "

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