Murano Amethyst "Avventurina" Glass Bowl

Pair of beautiful Murano "avventurina" glass fluted lamps, signed Dona´ Murano. Rewired to US standards. Height to the top of the glass is 21.5 in. Avventurina: Clear glass with 2...

Italian Murano "avventurina" tobacco glass fluted lamps, signed Alberto Doná Murano. Rewired to US standards. Height to the top of the glass is 21.75 in. Avventurina: Clear glass wi...

Beautiful handblown Murano "avventurina" glass vase. The base is 6" in diameter. Two are available, priced individually. Avventurina: Clear glass with 23-karat gold flecks, creating ...

Pair of Italian lamps from the Island of Murano. This pair features purple hand blown glass. The stacked spheres are separated with clear glass rings and stand on a conic base. The g...

Murano "avventurina" glass champagne bucket with clear glass handles and base, signed Constantini Murano. Avventurina: Clear glass with 23-karat gol...

Italian modernist chandelier in Murano "avventurina" glass, with 12 torsado branches, rewired for the US. Height with included chain and matching glass canopy is 73 1/8 in. A very pu...

Murano "Sommerso" glass ashtray in red and green colors. Design presumably by Alessandro Mandruzzato. Venice, Italy ca. 1960.      

Faceted "Sommerso" Murano ashtray / bowl made of purple glass submerged into blue glass. Flavio Poli for Seguso Venice, Italy 1960's.

Murano. With silver applications. 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. Technical Avventurina : Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance". The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off. Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature. As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...

Archimede Seguso - Mid century studio glass bowl - featuring controlled bubble decoration and ribbons of gold flecks throughout - striking amethyst color glass - quatrefoil shape - u...

Vintage Italian amber Murano glass bowl blown in Sommerso technique / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Measures: width 6 inches, depth 6 inches, height 2.5 inches 1 in stock in Los Angeles...

Vintage Italian amethyst and blue Murano glass ashtray or bowl / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Measures: length 7 inches, width 7 inches, height 2.5 inches 1 in stock in Palm Springs ON...