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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: keith on June 29, 2010, 02:34:25 PM
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Around 4 inches high,rough pontil mark,very thin glass,sounds like tin when 'pinged',soda glass? any help gratefully received,
Keith.
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Hi Keith,
Your vase is very pretty. I like the colors, but it is not an original Venini Fazzoletto. The lattice work would be a lot tighter.
My camera takes horrible pics but here is mine.
http://www.fossilfly.com/Forums/album.php?albumid=21&pictureid=1358
tam bam
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Keith:
It is a fazzoletto, or at the very least, fazzoletto style, as all that does is describe a particular look. I'm pretty sure it's not a very good maker as the zanfirico is fairly loose and irregular, and the plain stripes are very simple. The pontil mark looks rough but they're rough on many of even a good makers like Salviati.
The id problem is that, although Venini is associated wit the style, which was actually an adaption of a design by somebody else, every glass maker under the sun seems to have made a version of it, from Italy to Britain, China, and to Canada, even.
David
PS I wrote this while Tambam was posting. I think we agree. The difference is that I think it's fair to call a piece a fazzoletto, if it looks like a Venini fazzoletto. If Venini can adopt a look, then so can other firms. The difference is that the Venini pieces generally have better workmanship and usually have a certain gracefulness.
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Fazzoletto just means handkerchief
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Thanks,Tam bam,David,Christine,didn't think it was Venini as you said the quality is not there,by saying 'fazzoletto' I just wondered if it was a known Italian maker(knew it meant handkerchief 'cos I had to look it up to spell it :-[),is it soda glass or just very cheap?