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Title: Strange shape,folded over handle,cased glass red/white,Murano??
Post by: kitty-kat1234 on July 13, 2011, 08:00:45 AM

Hi again,can anyone help with this piece please.
No marks or label & the base looks like it has been poured/moulded,not hand blown??
Is it Murano or Japanese copy/piece.
cheers kat

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Title: Re: Strange shape,folded over handle,cased glass red/white,Murano??
Post by: Lustrousstone on July 13, 2011, 09:35:57 AM

This is not Murano, nor is it a copy of anything. (Unless you can find something exactly the same made by somebody else, you should be very careful with the use of the word copy. There are only so many techniques used in simple pieces of hot worked glass, so it can they can look superficially similar where ever they are made. You have to study the details of known pieces to gain hints to where)

The base of this has possibly been flattened on a marver, or perhaps formed on a mould. It is hand made and not poured.

I would perhaps look at Poland and companies such as Makora or Jozefina, or even at China, as I would say it is very contemporary. Hope this helps.  :)

Title: Re: Strange shape,folded over handle,cased glass red/white,Murano??
Post by: kitty-kat1234 on July 13, 2011, 12:27:22 PM

Ah,no copies,in pottery we say a copy of style or such,but not glass i will have to remember that.

The only reason i said poured was because the base looks like it has a sort of pool to it,like pouring a cake ?
I am going to have to look up marver,i get the drift of what it could be,i have sooooo much to learn :thud:
Thank-you for your help,i will have alookie for the names you have said.

cheers & thanks again,kat

Title: Re: Strange shape,folded over handle,cased glass red/white,Murano??
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 13, 2011, 12:54:17 PM

Molten glass is liquid - but it does cool and get thicker very quickly while being shaped.
The marver is the metal bench the glass is worked on.

(even solid glass is technically a "super-cooled liquid")  :thup:

Title: Re: Strange shape,folded over handle,cased glass red/white,Murano??
Post by: kitty-kat1234 on July 19, 2011, 01:13:48 AM

I am leaning towards Makora with this one,more research needed though  :phew:
cheers kat