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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: jonchellycain on May 17, 2010, 08:04:56 PM
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Hi all
I picked this up a couple of days back and really like it so thought i would post a couple of pics on here, plus it is a stickered example so may be handy for future reference.
Obviously it IS Uranium cased and a very bright glow at that, can be seen glowing under normal not so bright daylight.
The vase has a red core (not bright red more raspberry red) cased in bright yellow/green uranium with 3 lobes. Flat polished base with bevelled edge. Flat well polished rim, the lobes are rounded off at the rim
It stands at 26cms tall, at its widest around 6.5cms.
The sticker is silver paper with black writting which reads
FORNASA DE MVRAN A L 'INSECNA DEL MORETO - MADE IN ITALY -
Around a black head with G F either side of the head.
Similar pieces can be seen in Leslie Pina's Italian Glass Century 20 on page 61.
all the best
michelle
http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/37/17/66/100_5228.jpg
http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/37/17/66/100_5229.jpg
http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/37/17/66/100_5230.jpg
http://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/14/37/17/66/100_5231.jpg
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Want, want. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: The core looks orange in that last picture.
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haha thought you might like it Christine, it does look a bit orange in the picture i hadnt noticed that before but certainly not orange in real life, kinda musty red if that makes sense.
I get real excited when stuff glows that much, its great fun, later tonight i might treat myself to a run round the house with the lights out and the UV light in my hands...hunt the Uranium.. oh the fun we have in our house :24:.
Gorgeous piece, i got it at a car boot on sat, along with a load of other stuff off a lady who set up opersite to us, I'm sure i will be popping a couple of the other pieces on at some point as im struggling to ID one in particular, although got a sneaky feeling its chinese.
cheers
michelle
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very nice one, Michelle :hiclp:
'INSEGNA DEL MORETO' is 'Trade Mark of the Black-Haired' ;)
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REALLY !! to be honest i hadnt babel fish'ed it yet and my Italian is not great :24:. I like that.
thanks so much
michelle
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http://cgi.ebay.com/MODERN-Galliano-Ferro-MURANO-Glass-BIRD-Sculpture-LABEL-/370367213215
here's another label ;)
Have got only my small Langenscheidt here - don't like online-translators too much :pb:
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doesn't that give a wonderful new meaning to glass collecting..........Michelle running around the house in her 'birthday suit' clasping a bright green flourescing vase and a small torch.........oh god don't they know how to live in the Cambridge area. Now come on Michelle, where's this box for my glass bowl ;D ;D ;D
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'birthday suit' :24: :pb: oh not thats really not good, you dont want to think about things like that lol
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Just thought I would share this as information here has solved a mystery of mine. Pictures below of a goose that I have. He is a sizeable bird at 20 1/4ins long beak to tail. I'm pretty confident that this is the same maker as the vase featured here so thanks very much :)
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...whoops - meant to add these pictures as well
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Hello Alsretro,
Although the colors are very similar, you can not assume that your piece was made by Galliano Ferro based on that. I have a coffee table grouping of 9 pieces by several different houses that are all in the same or quite similar color combination. Although not highly common, the color combination is not unique to GF.
Craig
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The goose is also uranium glass (as is a small vase I have in this same colourway). He is quite happy sitting where he is anyway although we are sure with the shape of him, that we will knock him flying one day but seeing as he looks like he wants to, then hopefully he will land safely