Topic: Murano Latticino gentleman figure

[chriscooper]

Did some research  and kept coming up with Harlequin figure which it certainly is not.


https://picasaweb.google.com/107067405711297858658/MuranoLatticinoGentlemanFigure

Any help appreciated.


Chris :sun:

[rosieposie]

A really beautiful piece Chris....I wonder if it is a Franco Toffolo renaissance piece?
It has such detail, and so many techniques.
I will watch the expert's opinion with great interest.  :sun:

[chriscooper]

Sadly Rosie it is damaged a chip on the base  but I must have seen it's potential 'cos I broke into a £10 note to buy it 

Thanks again Chris :sun:

[MuranoArtGlassChandeliers]

Hi Chris

This figure definitely is referred to as a Harlequin figurine.  They are called this due to each figure wearing different 17th century clothing.  The term Harlequin is just a generic term given to this group of figures

Ciao

Dean

[TxSilver]

First I better say that I don't know. Just wanted to say that the filigrana work looks a lot like AVeM.

[rosieposie]

I believe this is a genuine Harlequin figurine from Murano, Chris:

http://www.trocadero.com/svazzo/items/1012073/item1012073store.html

And this one:

http://www.trocadero.com/svazzo/items/1012073/item1012073store.html

Quite different from your figure, a Renaissance figure.

I think we are really looking for a maker, aren't we?, and although I was thinking Toffolo,  Anita has far greater experience with Murano, so I am off to research AVeM.......

[TxSilver]

I am totally lost when it comes to the human figures. How tall is it, Chris? I used to think AVeM made only the 8-9" figures until I saw an 11" one with an AVeM label. I see the figures online a lot and am always tempted. But there are so many little pieces that can be broken, I shy away.

[langhaugh]

Just a note that I don't think this is a Harlequin figure, although the figure that Rosie links to clearly is. I asked Dean a couple of days ago about  his usage of  of the term Harlequin, which is a figure with very specific attributes, and he hasn't replied. Yet he continues to use the name to apply to all figures in pre-21st Century clothing.  I suspect when Chris did an Internet search, the generic use of harlequin came from sites associated with Dean.

David

[chriscooper]

It's 8.5" high Anita.
Saw the thread David so I chose the title carefully  I googled Murano Harlequin and clicked on images and these came up a lot.........

http://www.glassartists.org/Gal110915_Murano_Chandeliers_And_Glass_Art_Australia_s_Gallery.asp


Chris

[antiquerose123]

Hi Chris:

Just gonna give you some other links here to check out, as I had to dig lots in regards to my figure with the swirl base.  So just take a look through these links and see:

Lots of figurines, CLICK

This Site, Click Figurines

Here, click and Here, too, Click and here, Click and here also...


Again, just some reading material to look around at and see if you can see   something there.....  :X: :X: