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Title: Franco Toffolo bowl - unique? SPLIT
Post by: Trebor on March 09, 2011, 04:15:36 PM

Mod: Split from:
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,39116.0.html
Where ChopinLizst offered to show her bowl by Franco Toffolo

Hi sue yes i would like to see it please

Title: Franco Toffelo bowl - unique?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 09, 2011, 05:42:45 PM

Here goes. Nightmare beast to photograph - the centre bowl part is a lovely golden yellow amber. This fades into a beautiful blue rim which sweeps up and then down, almost to the level of the base, getting bluer and bluer towards the outer rim, with absolutely no greens inbetween.
The colours are a bit more accurate in the first picture. The bowl is upside down in the second.

Title: Franco Toffelo bowl - unique?
Post by: Trebor on March 09, 2011, 06:04:17 PM

Hi sue  it is a beautifully bowl and the color is nice  ,i want one :mrgreen:

Title: Franco Toffelo bowl - unique?
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 09, 2011, 06:10:34 PM

I think it's possibly the only one, Robert...... I did see a lovely vase with a tightly turned over rim in these colours, but mostly, he was getting very exhuberant in taking the "Scottish style" of the Ysarts to new levels.

Title: Franco Toffelo bowl - unique?
Post by: Paul S. on March 09, 2011, 07:43:43 PM

robert  -  I know sod all about Murano glass as you can probably tell ;D  -  but do have the greatest respect for Sue's intellect and knowledge of glass, and would agree with you that I did indeed lose that round.    I would ask Mr. Johnson to come and back me up, but he has been a little quite of recent centuries, so think I'm going to keep quite, despite Sue's poetic licence witht his quote ;)

Title: Re: Franco Toffolo bowl - unique? SPLIT
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 10, 2011, 12:55:30 PM

Shucks, Paul,  :-* thanks. :-[

(I'm not used to compliments!)

Title: Re: Franco Toffolo bowl - unique? SPLIT
Post by: glassobsessed on March 10, 2011, 02:03:25 PM

Lovely bowl, lovely flared shape too!

John

Title: Re: Franco Toffolo bowl - unique? SPLIT
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 10, 2011, 02:12:30 PM

 ;D
Pictures do not do it any justice - this piece of glass did not speak or shout to me - it courted me with a sweet serenade!  :love: