Topic: Large Orange Retro Vase

[Tigerchips]

Opalina Fiorentina tends to look like this....
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/glassie/italian002.jpg

...whereas the Opaline Florence one's tend to be stripey. or mottled. Maybe different styles for different countries?   

[Pip]

Actually I think you're right TC - I've double checked and the stripey vases like Chloe's are by VB Opaline Florence (not Opalina Fiorentina - which *appears* to be a different company).

[paradisetrader]

VETRERIA DI BORGONOVO S.p.A is located in the town of Borgonovo Val Tidone which according to their own map link at http://www.borgonovo.it is near Piacenza, towards Milan; nowhere near Florence.

This would tend to confirm what I have long surmised, namely that "Opalina Fiorentina" and it's direct, but rather clumsy translation "Opaline Florence" are descriptions of a type of glass, (not a company, glasshouse, maker) no longer made only in or near the city or Florence.

I don't recall seeing any labelled or documented Carlo Moretti pieces with a pie crust rim. I have a piece in a different decor but equally colorful with this rim which I had ascribed to "Empoli". I do not unfortunately have any confirmed Moretti to compare but I suspect that yours, like mine, is substantially lighter in weight than an equivalent Murano / Moretti piece.

I would be interested to know about the base finish of confirmed Moretti pieces.