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Title: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: glassobsessed on July 01, 2014, 08:57:37 PM
Michael's Martinuzzi dolphins post has inspired me to show this bowl. Both lovely and such very different items, only separated by two or three decades. :o

This alabastro geode is 16cm in diameter, 4cm high and heavy at 2kg. The alabastro/amethyst/alebastro combination produces striking visual effects.

This colour combo can be seen in a different geode bowl (top left) on page 77 in Archimede Seguso Lace & Stone by Leslie Pina, several bowls with the same form on page 80.

John
Title: Re: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: glassobsessed on July 01, 2014, 08:59:23 PM
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Title: Re: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: rocco on July 02, 2014, 07:19:10 AM
Fabulous! (And beautiful pics as always :) )
I have never seen these alabastro geodes before...
So Leslie Pina's other books seem to be quite helpful, her "Italian Glass" is rather annoying with the many misattributions...

Michael
Title: Re: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: glassobsessed on July 02, 2014, 10:04:02 PM
Thanks Michael. I don't have a copy of her Italian Glass but I have found her books on Fratelli Toso and Archimede Seguso useful.
Title: Re: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: chopin-liszt on July 03, 2014, 10:51:56 AM
I can only agree with Rocco.  ::)
Wonderful, unusual piece, photographed to show every teeny tiny nuance of the beast at its best.
Title: Re: Alabastro bowl Archimede Seguso
Post by: rocco on July 03, 2014, 12:10:03 PM
In Pina's "Italian glass" there are 2 Skrdlovice pieces, one (a Stahlikova/Veliskova vase) described as Gaspari for Salviati, the other as Archimede Seguso.
Plus the >> infamous Gordiola five spout vase (http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,16648.msg270135.html#msg270135) as Zecchin for Venini.
Stil a lot of nice glass to look at in it...

Michael