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Title: Possibly Murano Red & Clear Vase ID Help
Post by: Roobarb on September 15, 2020, 02:17:04 PM

Hello, this vase is heavy and approx 20cm. Is it possibly a Murano Sommerso? Many thanks, :)

Title: Re: Possibly Murano Red & Clear Vase ID Help
Post by: chasdevlin on September 16, 2020, 08:24:09 AM

Wouldn't call it sommerso, which is the layering of one  colour on another, whereas this vase just has one solid block of colour- which is cased in clear glass- from what I can see.
As for maker or even just place of origin, it's very difficult to  give an attribution to this style of glass. You see a lot of them around, but seldom with cast iron attributions. Murano is certainly a possibility, but the Japanese also made glass in this style ( and they did like red!) and I'm sure there are other countries that could be possibilities.