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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Resolved Glass Queries => Topic started by: Jay on April 23, 2007, 03:50:59 PM
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On behalf of a friend who likes this cobalt blue vase.
It appears to have applied flowers made of another material which are then (roughly) painted over by hand.
http://glassgallery.yobunny.org.uk/displayimage.php?pos=-6627
Any clues?
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I've got one myself, but I have no idea what the flowers are made of! They look like some sort of plaster. It's from Murano. I saw (and filmed) them being decorated when I was there a few years ago.
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Oh great! That'll make for a pleased owner! Thanks!!
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Highrise enamel and gold, also known as Terzo Fuoco (three times fired - the enamel and the gold need to be fused on in seperate operations).
They indeed make this sort of work in and around Murano - but the largest producers are from the Czech Republic, notably Anton Rückl at Vcelnicka - but there must be a dozen others there as well. The difference between Italian and Czech produce is very hard to see, I think there are only stylistic indications not technical.