Murano Glass Animal Sculptures

Vintage Murano Dog 1950s Very nice and excellent condition Measures Cm 30 h x cm 25 w x cm 10 d

Murano glass fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with brown, amber, yellow and blue tones. Made in Italy, 20th century (Includes sticker and signature) Di...

A wonderful rare Modern Murano Italian solid cobalt blue art glass bull dog sculpture.

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white ribbons art glass bird sculpture with gold flecks base. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini for the Salviati company. Labelled with an ea...

Vincenzo Nason & C. Murano, Italy, 1970s. This fish is made in Murano glass. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in exce...

Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown orange and white opalescent Italian art glass bear sculpture / figure. Documented to designer Arch...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This fish is made in polychrome Murano glass and features its original label. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be...

Beautiful vintage murano hand blown sommerso technique Italian art glass owl sculpture. Documented to the Salviati Company, and signed "Salviati" underneath. The own has white on cle...

A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian horse sculpture made of hand blown Murano glass, designed by Livio Seguso and produced by Seguso Vetri D’Arte in good condition. The slightly smoked, arched décor piece is resting, sitting on a rectangular base. Marked at the bottom. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1970, Murano, Italy. Base: 3.5” H x 3.5” W x 7.5” D Livio Seguso is an Italian glass artist and designer, born in 1930, in Murano, Venice, Italy. At an early age, Seguso started learning the traditional glassmaking techniques, were he developed his skills. Seguso is mostly know for crating glass sculptures. Archimede Seguso was an Italian glass manufacturer and a designer born in 1909, in Murano, Italy and passed away in 1999. At the age of 11, Seguso started training and working as a glassmaker at his father's glass company. Later on, circa in 1930, he took over the family business, named Seguso Vetri d'Arte. During this time he studied the 16th century styles, such as filigrana glass, colorless blown glass, genetic manipulation of glass canes to give the form of linear patterns and plume glass, delicate, fine feather-plume glass shapes. in 1946, he founded his own glass manufacturer company in Murano, Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso. Seguso was one of the 20th centurys master Venetian glassmakers. The Seguso Familly is an Italian Murano glasswork, manufactor founded by Antonio Filius Seguxi in 1397 Venice, Italy. Until today, the Seguso Family...

Beautiful vintage ICET Arte Murano hand blown deep black with white accents abstract shape tuxedo kitty cat figurine, sculpture. The piece has an original "Arte Murano ICET...

Art Glass Dove by Aldo Nason Murano ca. 1968 A rare Murano art glass dove designed and manufactured by Aldo Nason in the late 1960s. Dark handblown glass with colorful zanfirico and gold leave inclusions covered with a clear glass overlay. The dove is similar to the famous Yokohama glasses which Nason produced in his own workshop after he left A.V.E.M. in 1967. The Yokohama vases...

Outstanding set of three "mushroom" sculptures manufactured by Cenedese. Heavy transparent Murano glass pieces with pure biomorphic shape. Size refers to the taller piece.

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent cobalt blue and white opalescent Italian art glass fish sculpture / paperweight. Created in the manner of designer Archimede Seguso, in the "Alabastro" technique. The main body is almost a ball, with large applied opal white fins...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso pink Italian art glass fish sculpture / figurine. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. It still retains ...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso aqua blue and gold flecks Italian art glass bird figurines paperweight sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. They look to be...

Circa 1980s Murano glass fish is over 14” tall. Glass is streaked with amber and blue tones and has applied lilac glass tail, mouth and eyes. Unknown Murano maker. No flaws or repair...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso opalescent white and sky blue Italian art glass bird figurine / sculpture. Documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. The cute bird h...

Beautiful Murano hand blown owl figure. Colors are a black, red and yellow. Made in Murano, Italy. A great piece for any room or gift for any occasion. Brightens up any room.

Beautiful pink Murano glass decorative statue made in the 1950s by a great Italian master glassmaker. The sculpture represents the figure of a very pretty turtle in a very beautiful light pink colour. The figure is stylised: in fact, we can distinguish the head, four legs, tail and shell, but the actual details cannot be distinguished, a very good sculpture. The shell is all pink...

Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue over clear Italian art glass owl figurine, paperweight / sculpture. Documented to th...

Cute vintage Murano hand blown red and clear Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It still retains its original "Murano Glass...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown uranium yellow with orange tails Italian art glass chirping birds bookend sculptures. Documented to the Salviati Company. Each has a generic "Mura...

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Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso yellow orange over red Italian art glass horned owl baby bird figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Similar one...

Murano glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful layers of opalescent glass infused with color. Fish measures 10.5" wide, 5" deep and ...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Salviati & C Measures: Violet : 33 long x 10 high x 5.5 depth Green: 30 long x 9 high x 5.5 depth The lawyer Antonio Salviati and his dream In 1859 in his premises at Number 731 of Dorsoduro, Venice the “Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo” company was established. This is when, Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati started the entrepreneurial career, moved by a passion for the precious mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco and fascinated by Murano glass art, he decided to start-up his own production of mosaics and objects in Murano glass. An ambitious and far-sighted goal pushed him along this path: to revive the fate of Murano glass production that has been fallen for decades. A challenge which finds the maximum support from two fundamental figures in the history of Murano glass: the mayor of the island, Antonio Colleoni, and the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, founder of the glass museum and of the first art school for glass masters. The first successes and international investments The launchpad was the “First Glassmakers’ Exhibition” in 1864 in which Salviati participated with a monumental mosaic that earns him a prize superior to the Gold Medal. The success achieved affirmed the credibility of the Company which thus started its glass production in Palazzo da Mula. The new corporate and productive reality needed investors and the lawyer started to internationalise the company by addressing the economic and financial market across the Channel. The UK immediately showed huge interest in Salviati’s mosaics – as testified by the mosaic that can be seen on the façade of the current Apple Store in Regent Street, London. It was also in London, on 21st December 1866, that the “Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C.” was established with the support of diplomat Sir Austen Henry Layard and historian William Drake. The new corporate set-up was further established with the purchase of a new headquarter, this time on the Riva dei Vetrai in Murano. The universal show of Paris in 1867 celebrated the relaunch project of Antonio Salviati “Venice owes a debt of gratitude to the knight Salviati in the resurgence for one of the most legitimately famous of its industries”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 275. “Venice and Italy have gain huge success in the Universal Exhibition. The resurgence of one of the city’s most famous industries is consecrated in this very occasion by the gold medal awarded by the jury to Mr Salviati […] the crowd […] is gathering around the display cases that hold those pieces of glass that are so transparent and so light as to appear like woven air, impregnated, when in their elegant forms that become rainbows of those iridescent reflections that cover them at the artist’s whim – the author of a real ray of sunshine from the beautiful and splendid Venice”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 311 The fundamental role of training in murano glass Training plays a fundamental role for the Company; attendance at the Art School was made compulsory for “[…] all the young workers of the Factory who don’t only tire themselves in manual work. This was established with the idea not only to lift their dignity and their initially limited aspirations, […] but also to improve their artistic education and thereby facilitate an improvement also in their economic situation”. Together with the art school, a free school was also set up to teach all employees to read and write. Diversification in production and made-to-measure projects In a short time, Salviati & C. diversified its production to include glasses, cups, amphoras, and vials which guaranteed the first prize in the universal exhibition for three consecutive years. Its mosaic production also flourished, being used in world-class projects: from the Houses of Parliament in London, to the Viceroy’s palace in Alessandria in Egypt, to the Opera House of Paris, including the private homes of wealthy New York personality. The entire 19th century for Salviati & C. was represented by development, success and fame in the national and international markets, and the Company became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. The Salviati legacy at the turn of the century On the death of Antonio Salviati in 1890, first his three children followed one another at the helm of the company and then Maurizio Camerino, previously general manager. It was thanks to him that the decorative mosaic project of the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto (California, USA) took place after 12 years of work. As well as the opening of a sales point in Via Montenapoleone in Milan and the institution of a museum collection of Murano glass from the 19th and 20th centuries. The post-war years, biennials and lighting After Maurizio Camerino’s death in 1931, his three children took over the helm of the company: its solid foundations allowed them to strive for new important goals in the art world, participating in the Biennials of 1932 and 1934. Not even the Second World War could tarnish the strength of the Salviati brand: in the post-war years Renzo Camerino renewed the ruined production headquarter and enthusiastically restored all his commercial contacts. Thanks to his grandson Renzo Tedeschi (newly graduated in Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin and upon his return from an apprenticeship in the United States), Salviati launched its production in lighting appliances. The following years saw intense growth in the number of collaborations with renowned artists and designers. In 1959, the production site was moved to Fondamenta Radi 16, where it still stands today. The great lighting projects The larger production area allowed the company to further expand the international market in the field of architectural lighting. A number of projects were undertaken, such as the 9-tonne, 22-metres high chandelier in the Chamber of Commerce in Parma, the ceiling illumination in the premises of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva and the Kowloon Hotel in Hong Kong; not to mention the sound-absorbing windows of the Aula Nervi in the Vatican and the lighting system of the great honour hall of the Philippine Plaza Hotel in Manila in collaboration with architect John Marsteller. The reputation of Salviati & C. was further affirmed by the commission – after an international call for bids – for twelve 11-metre high chandeliers for the Tonhalle concert hall in Dusseldorf, made using an innovative system of modular glass elements – “LS- System” – one of the today company’s cornerstones. Salviati from the modern age to the present The story of Salviati continues in the modern era, keeping the focus on creating an innovative style that had distinguished it since its inception. Participation in international exhibitions increased, such as the Venice Biennials from 1958 to 1972 (the final year in which Murano glass was allowed) thanks to projects by designers of the calibre of Betha and Teff Sarasin, Claire Falkestein, and Luciano Gaspari. In 1962 Salviati was awarded with the highest recognition in the Design world, the “Compasso d’Oro” prize assigned by A.D.I. for the Marco vase designed by architect Sergio Asti. In 1965 the company changed its name to Salviati & C. s.p.a.; then it was purchased by the Gruppo Ferruzzi in 1987 which later on it was transferred to a French company. Since 2015 the company returned to be Venetian with the acquisition by the Umana group. Salviati and its designers Salviati’s designers: Luciano Gaspari, Sergio Asti (Compasso d’Oro 1962), Claire Falkenstein, Ward Bennet, Teff and Betha Sarasin, Ingo Maurer, Ross Lovegrove, Amanda Levete, Tom Dixon, Nigel Coates, Thomas Heatherwick, Luca Nichetto, Ben Gorham...

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Beautiful, extra large, vintage Murano hand blown green and gold flecks Italian art glass duck bird figure / sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. Similar ones are publ...

This gorgeous Murano glass swan figurine was manufactured by Formia Murano. Core interior solid black with a mass of aventurine silver inclusions is high...

Beautiful, large vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso glowing Uranium green apple with gray bird Italian art glass sculpture. Documented to designer Livio Seguso, with original label s...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Summerso orange, green and gold flecks Italian art glass bird sculpture. Created in the manner of designer Alfredo Barbini. The pheasant, or roost...

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Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent dark pink and white Italian art glass swan bird sculpture / figure. Documented to designer Archimede...

Fantastic hand blown Murano glass fish by alberto Dona, signed.

Beautiful tall vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green to golden orange Italian art glass Heron bird sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso circa 1950s, with acid signed...

Nice Glass fish from the Iland of Murano - 1970s.

Beautiful and cute Murano hand blown Sommerso honey yellow orange and green Italian art glass Dachshund puppy dog sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, with worn "Archi...

Italian mid-century sculptural Murano glass fish. Realized using the Sommerso technique, a clear layer of glass blown over the amber color glass, worked in bullicante, the air bubbles trapped inside the glass (technique made famous by Archimede Seguso) and infused with Silver flakes throughout. The silver and bubbles bringing the jumping fish alive inspiring the glistening reflections of water, resting atop a sea motif...

A blue-red vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian parrot sculpture made of hand blown Murano Glass, designed and produced by Archimede Seguso in good condition. The décor piece is particularized by multicolored details. Wear consistent with age and use. circa 1960 - 1970, Murano, Venice, Italy. Base: 3" diameter The Seguso Familly is an Italian Murano glasswork, manufactor founded by Antonio Filius Seguxi in 1397 Venice, Italy. Until today, the Seguso Family...

A murano glass tropical fish designed and manufactured in Venice in the Eighties by Seguso. The transparent murano glass has inclusions black, gold and white. The tropical fish it's ...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown orange birds on tree with gold flecks Italian art glass sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The birds were created in the “Pulveri...

Murano with gold We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Attributed to Seguso - Barovier We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. The history of "Seguso Vetri D' Arte" is directly linked to the "Vetreria Artistica­ Barovier" company. When the Barovier workshop was forced to reduce production in 1929, due to a financial crisis in America, the original group of ten partners had to separate and Antonio Seguso in 1931, assisted by his sons Ernesto and Archimede opened a small workshop of his own. They were joined by Luigi Olimpio Ferro and Napoleone Barovier the following year. Together the craftsmen establish the "Artistica Soffieria e Vetreria Barovier Seguso & Ferro" company as equal partners. In 1934 Flavio Poli joins the firm as artistic director and within only a brief period of time a distinct style of designs emerged. The close collaboration between Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbini played an important part in the success of the company. New glass techniques are developed which include never before seen color applications. The companies innovative designs constantly received awards and during the 1935 World Fair in Brussels and the 1936 Milan Triennale they did attract the interest of a new group of clientele. One of them is the French wholesale company "Veronese" from Paris which would play a defining role in the history of the company. The demand for an increase in production requires additional investments and the partners felt that there is a need to multiply their investment tenfold. Luigi Olimpio Ferro subsequently decided to withdraw from the company and his shares are acquired by Flavio Poli, which makes him a full partner. As a result, the company name is changed to Seguso Vetri D’ Arte and it is officially recognized in 1937. A period of great success and prosperity ensues, lasting until the outbreak of World War II. The post ­war period is a time of great change in Europe and the rebuilding of the economical structure in Italy requires major investments which result in the introduction of new import duties and taxes. To safeguard the copyright of the Seguso Vetri D'Arte designs an application for a second entry into the commercial registers of Venice is made by the partners in 1945. Strict export regulations curb international business relations for many years after the war and the company decides to focus on the domestic market instead. In 1946 a large retail location is opened at the Piazza Diaz in Milan where in addition to the art glass, German porcelain and Italian pottery is offered. In 1950 Flavio Poli develops a new sommerso glass technique, which consists of an overlaying of transparent layers of glass. The overlapping creates new shades of color which prior to the introduction of this technique had not been seen. Flavio Poli's most iconic design is the "Valve", which resembles an upright, slightly opened clam shell. The design was introduced in 1951. Mario Pinzoni joins the company in 1953 as a personal assistant to Flavio Poli and his responsibilities as a draftsman included the compilation of archival and the existing production drawing s...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso light blue over orange Italian art glass kangaroo sculpture. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. Hi...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This is a high-quality handmade Sommerso glass decorative item. It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent ...

Great manufacturing for this large sculpture made from clear Murano glass. Signed on the base by Licio Zanetti and produced in Murano during the 1960s. No chips or cracks.

Molded glass gile depicting a wounded gazelle by Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892-1977) circa 1930 for Venini, molded mark 'NM' An example of this model was employed in a floor lamp de...

Abstract Murano smoke color glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful smoke color opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom....

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Mid Century CENEDESE Snail sculpture paperweight Sommerso Murano clear Glass, Italy '70s. A beautiful piece made of thick clear Murano glass.This el...

Beautiful, and rare, vintage Murano hand blown black and white spotted Italian art glass elephant sculpture. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, from the "Bianco Nero" series. T...

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A pair of Italian circa 1960's blown gold and clear glass pheasants. Measurements: Height: 19" Length: 24" Width: 4.5".

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass kitty cat sculpture figurine. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. The piece is profusely covered in go...

Majestic duck in flight art glass sculpture by Murano Glass, circa 1990s. The beautiful piece is clear glass with black sommerso in the body of the duck; really cool and realistic pi...

Pair of Murano glass birds attributed to Archimede Seguso. This beautiful pair of 1970s era blown glass birds from Murano are attributed to ...

Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano glass fish figure with multicolor murrine and gold flecks, Italy 1950s. This fish sculpture has multicolor spots in brown, orange, red, green, ...

A blue sommerso murano glass modernist figure of a tropical fish manufactured in Murano in the Seventies. It's in perfect conditions and labeled on a side made in Italy Murano. It's ...

Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red and millefiori flowers Italian art glass rooster figure, sculpture or paperweight. Attributed to Ga...