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Title: An unknown Muranese factory? (VAMPA)
Post by: antoinep on January 08, 2015, 02:50:15 PM

Hi everybody,

Since I didn't find a presentation section, here's a brief intro: French collector (mainly Art Nouveau but buying in other fields as well when I like something) living in Argentina.

I hope I'm posting in the right section, I'm not trying to ID the vase in itself, just digging for some info about this obscure glass company.

I recently bought a large vase which bears a marking reading "VAMPA MURANO".
I of course did my "homework" and tried to find more info, but found none.

Since I work as a translator & with words, I tried to analyse the acronym VAMPA:
VAM would likely stand for Vetreria artistica muranese (like Barbini's VAMSA), which seems quite sure.

PA in legal Italian usually stands for Associazione in Partecipazione, not really confirmed here but well, that's the only lead I have.

I wonder if anyone would have a better guess. The vase shows sign of wear, likely 40/50 years old (?). Glass is thick.

Thanks a lot for your thoughts,

Antoine

Title: Re: An unknown Muranese factory? (VAMPA)
Post by: antoinep on January 08, 2015, 03:34:25 PM

Also, but that's pure speculation, it could be that when the SAVAM factory was renamed VAMSA (which likely required the incorporation of a new company), the factory briefly used VAMPA (since a partnership was likely easier to incorporate than a "societa anonima").
That would explain why the acronym VAMPA gives no result, but again that's just a speculation.

Explained here better: http://www.design-and-arts.de/vamsa.php?lang=eng

Title: Re: An unknown Muranese factory? (VAMPA)
Post by: Pinkspoons on January 12, 2015, 04:57:52 AM

Murano glass occasionally shows up marked with a distributor / exporter / retailer name, rather than with that of the factory.

Existing companies, occasionally only tangentially related to glass, and generally not at all related to Murano, sometimes started up ill-advised and short-lived art glass divisions on the island - leaving confusingly-branded orphaned works after they've gone.

Both of these factors can make identification... interesting.

'Vampa' means 'flame' in Italian. Might it be an actual word, rather than an acronym?

Title: Re: An unknown Muranese factory? (VAMPA)
Post by: antoinep on January 18, 2015, 06:24:06 PM

Thanks for your answer Pinkspoons.

Indeed, possibilities are many. I'll check internet every few months to see if something similar appears.