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Meri Lasi Finnish Glass (Muurla Lasi)

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Anne:
Correction to my previous post, it has 6 spaces for tea lights, the one pictured on the box has 7 though!

Picture here:  http://yobunny.org.uk/gallery1/displayimage.php?pos=-15

I've still not found anything much about the makers - I can't find them listed in Ivo's Glass Facts File either - could they be listed under something other than Meri Lasi or Pertti Kallioinen?

Any info about this glassmaker would be welcome. Thanks!

Glen:
Your Volcano was made by Muurla Lasi. It's shown on their website along with several other similar items. Muurla also make a range of vases that have an "Aalto" look to them.

Muurla is on the main road between Helsinki and Turku, and it has been in business since 1975. It's a great place to stop off and enjoy a "Roberts" coffee and a calorific cake while watching skilled glass craftsmen produce items on the factory floor! Their coffee lounge is located the other side of a thick glass viewing wall. They also have a factory shop that is packed with their glassware and other tempting Finnish goodies, as well as a Seconds department. We have never been able to bring back much of their glass back home as it is very heavy - which doesn't work too well when one is flying.

Oh yes, Muurla is also a useful place to know about if you happen to be there on a Sunday. It's about the only place open (except for petrol filling stations)  :lol:

http://www.muurlanlasi.com

Choose Collection in the menu, and then Romantica candle items. Under that section you will find Volcano.

Glen

Ivo:
No they're not in - they managed to stay out of the limelight - in the shade of bigger sister Muurla. They seem to have a very good distributor - I see their glass everywhere.

While there I looked through your other pictures. Here are a few that jumped out:
20/80: Florentine (Empoli)
23/80: Murano, lower end
30/80 and 33/80: Zhaohai Light Industries, China
61-63/80: IVV, Industria Vetreria Valdarnese, Italy

Anne:
Glen:
Thank you for finding the piece and for pointing me to Muurla - I'd not managed to find this on my own. The piece I have is the same as that on Muurla but it is definitely in a Meri Lasi box complete with a Meri Lasi label so I wonder if both works made the same design, or if one sold the design to the other glassworks? The box on mine looks rather elderly rather than it being a brand new piece, so it's still a bit of a puzzle. ;)

Ivo:
What can I say? Thank you very much. You've solved one of my mysteries - the spiral decanter which I've been pondering on the board since I bought it - and given me more info about some of the others, including one of my mother's favourites (the big blue piece you ID'ed as Florentine).  

Ref Muurla and Meri, are you saying there's a connection between the two glassworks or is it that they are just both Finnish companies?

Thanks to you both for your info.  :D

Ivo:
If Muurla glass ends up in your collection with a Merilasi box and label, there HAS TO BE a connection - either in the production itself or in the distribution of the product. There are many examples of manufacturers buying glass from colleagues and putting on their own label - but knowing the Fins they talked about this on their Nokias beforehand.  Maybe the question is "who else sells volcanoes, who actually produces them, and does it really matter?"

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