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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: chloe on October 20, 2008, 01:09:10 PM

Title: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls - ID = Masserini Barocco
Post by: chloe on October 20, 2008, 01:09:10 PM

I found this cute set of six bowls at the weekend - any clues?

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: dirk. on October 20, 2008, 08:10:08 PM

hi Chloe!

possibly walther. i´ve seen lots of this or at least very similar designs
on flea markets round here (walther is very close), but that´s of course
just a hint.
a quick search on ebay didn´t lead to acceptable (attributed) results either.  :-\
here´s a candlestick (which indeed is a bit scandi-"inspired") with the
same surface structure as your bowl, which i suspect to be walther, too.
hopefully someone will be able to give more than a guess...

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: Anne on October 20, 2008, 11:03:11 PM

Chloe, see our two earlier discussions about these:  :)
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,20353.0.html
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,9065.0.html

Dirk, Pip id'd these as Taiwan here:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,23381.0.html
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Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: dirk. on October 21, 2008, 04:47:58 AM

thank you, Anne! i´ve been wondering for quite some time.

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: Pip on October 21, 2008, 09:07:50 AM

Chloe - with regard to your pressed glass bowls I think they *may* be Italian.  Certainly I've come across very similar items (but without the colour - just clear glass) that have the word 'Italy' on them - virtually impossible to see but there nonetheless. 

(DOH!  Sorry, I typed this before clicking any of Anne's links)

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: chloe on October 26, 2008, 08:21:59 PM

Aha - Just found the ITALY on the base!!  Thank you all

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: Officinaquack on July 05, 2019, 01:14:13 PM

Bowls= Borgonovo

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: catshome on July 05, 2019, 04:18:11 PM

You don't think Masserini "Barocco"?

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls
Post by: Anne on July 05, 2019, 05:30:35 PM

We do indeed, Cat. :) https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,31937.0.html

Title: Re: Funky set of fruit/pudding bowls - ID = Masserini Barocco
Post by: Officinaquack on July 15, 2019, 08:31:51 AM

Glass items with this features for sure are (and were) made in two different plants in marked ITALY.

First Borgonovo plant, near Piacenza that is still at the time specialized in pressed items.
Then the second could be in Altare (Savona), ex Covetro now Bormioli Rocco.

Masserini were at one point the business man who acquired the SAV then renamed in SAVAM (in Altare too) from 1978 to 1992 when the glass factory closed.
https://www.ivg.it/2010/10/le-vetrerie-di-altare-una-realta-dimenticata/

Probably even if made in Covetro or Borgonovo the brand was Masserini.
For sure the design was a rip off of a "nordic" style.

Regards