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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: Bernard C on April 16, 2006, 07:15:25 PM
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Recently acquired:
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Height 14¼" (36cm), 15¼" (39cm). Weight 1lb 15oz (878g), 2lb (910g). No pontil scar. Body opalescent cased in ruby then clear crystal. Stem, foot and handle opalescent. Stem and handle 8-rib. Slight wear to the edge of the foot.
Any ideas on attribution and dating? Note that I have 1920s Walsh in stock with similar stems and feet, but I am not expecting them to be that old. They took some cleaning, so they weren't made yesterday.
Bernard C. 8)
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I may be totally wrong here Bernard, but my gut instinct is that they are not Murano. Whilst the body shape of the ewers certainly has a Venetian look, the bases don't seem right for Murano though I would probably have felt otherwise had the ewers sat flat at the bottom of the bodies. As they are I would look elsewhere for their origins.
Paul
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they both look Italian to me.. just putting in my two cents! 8)
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Paul & Blair — Thanks, your opinions are appreciated.
I will see what they make of them today at Woking.
... any other views?
Bernard C. 8)
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Definitely Murano.
I have seen similar items with Murano labels, they date from the 50s-60s.
I have 2 ewers like this, without the footed bases, & also a blue 2-handled urn vase in this style.
These items are typically a pastel pink or blue with applied handles/feet in opal.
They are found in many sizes, in shapes like ewers, urns, stemmed comports,over-sized goblets,etc.
Not sure of the exact maker though;however, I also have 2 stemmed, footed vases in a similar style in opalescent & vaseline with original gold labels reading "Veritable Opaline de Murano".
Hope this helps!
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... I also have 2 stemmed, footed vases in a similar style in opalescent & vaseline with original gold labels reading "Veritable Opaline de Murano"...
Marinka — thanks, great information. It also seems to cover Paul's concerns about the stems and feet.
Unfortunately the two dealers that I know are reliable on post-war Murano were not at Woking yesterday, so no useful opinion emerged on these two ewers, despite displaying them prominently on the top shelf of a stand in our pink section. You could see them from the opposite corner of the hall.
Any more opinions? Book / website references?
Bernard C. 8)
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Any more opinions?
Sure Bernard not lacking in opinions here.
1960s Murano production (Nason) is 90% likely, the other 10% is reserved for the possibility that they are from one of the Empoli works. I have several of these in blue & pink & white with opal feet, some have stickers pointing at Italy and some do not.
Similar items have been made at Valérysthal in the 1950s 1960s too, but I cannot remember opal feet - that seems to be a Murano thing.
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Ivo — Thanks. Excuse my supplementary questions, but my Haanstra is buried in the estate car under stock and standfittings.
Is Nason the same as Nason & Moretti? Is Empoli the glassmaking region in Tuscany not too far from Rome?
Bernard C. 8)
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That would be Vincenzo Nason & Cie. (VNC) - but I'm not attempting an attribution, it was just a hint.
Empoli is the centre of glassmaking near Firenze (there are lots of glass factories in Poggibonsi, Colle Val d'Elsa, San Giovanni Valdarno etc. )
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Thanks, Ivo, and apologies. I should not have wasted your time by failing to look it up in the book first. :oops:
Bernard C. 8)
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Possible progress.
Recently I bought a similar vase, possibly by the same glassmaker, complete with its original export label. I am being optimistic. See here (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,17352.0.html).
Bernard C. 8)