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Glass Discussion & Research. NO IDENTIFICATION REQUESTS here please. => Murano & Italy Glass => Topic started by: rocco on August 08, 2013, 06:11:12 PM
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I know I will probably not get beyond "generic", but this one is a little different...
Diameter 24 cm, dark purple glass with some murrine in the center, and multicolour swirls and flecks over silver foil.
BTW, quite a nice effect on the dark glass, as the coloured flecks are not visible everywhere, but give the silver foil a rainbow sheen (see detail pic).
I found two others on the net, exactly the same decor but different shapes and background colours:
>> Link 1 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dino-Martens-AVEM-Style-Tutti-Frutti-Retro-Freeform-Bowl-Dish-HEAVY-AWESOME-/221179008290)
>> Link 2 (http://www.aaauctions.com/auctions/catalogs/10o14/10o14-083.jpg)
Mine has a label reading "Genuine Venetian - Murano - Made in Italy".
The shapes of all these three bowls remind more of Fratelli Toso pieces than of that unidentified maker which usually has the "Vetro Artistico Veneziano" label >> Wayne shows several of their bowls on his site.
(http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/vetroartisticoveneziano_glass/vetroartisticoveneziano_home.htm)
Or yet another maker?
Thanks for any comment,
Michael
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The shapes look consistent, perhaps yours is a brand label.
John
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Thanks, John!
My bowl and the other two I linked to show a style quite different to the Tutti Frutti pieces by AVEM or Ferro Italarts (which I have learned to distinguish I think), closer to Fratelli Toso or "Vetro Artistico Veneziano".
So it may be one of these, or a completely different maker...
I am afraid the murrine in the centre (blue, green, red and white, same in all three bowls) are not distinctive enough to attribute them to Fratelli Toso?
I will watch out for labeled ones :)
Michael