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What is Maltese glass called?
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Maltese glass is called Mdina glass, after the city in Malta that it was created in. Mdina glass is known for its free-form style. The company that manufactured it was founded in 1967 by Michael Harris and Eric Dobson. Shop a range of authentic Mdina glass on 1stDibs.
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Vintage Mdina Pink Mottled Glass Spill Vase, Malta, 1980s
By Mdina
Located in Glasgow, GB
A hand-blown pink glass spill vase by Mdina, made in Malta during the early 1980s. Compact in scale, it features a slender tubular body with a wide flared lip—simple in form, yet exp...
Category
Vintage 1970s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
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Eric Dobson and Michael Harris for Mdina Blue Streaked Studio Glass Vase
By Mdina
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Maltese Mdina studio glass streak pattern vase by Eric Dobson and Michael Harris dating from around 1970.
Mdina glass was founded in 1968 by Michael Harris on the Island...
Category
Vintage 1970s Maltese Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Mdina Glass Paperweight, Abstract Design, Handcrafted, Malta, 1970s
By Mdina
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Art Glass Paperweight made by Mdina glass, Malta during the 1970's
This paperweight has an unusual abstract pattern, all hand crafted.
It has the original Mdina...
Category
20th Century British Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Michael Harris Mdina Glass Vase, Blown Glass, Mid-Century Modern
By Mdina, Michael Harris
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
A beautiful glass vase in tones of green and blue designed by Michael Harris for Mdina, Malta.
Measures: approx. 5.5" x 5" in. (approx. 14 x 12 cm).
Category
Vintage 1970s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Michael Harris for Mdina Ming Blue & Green Glass Bottle Shaped Vase, 1970s
By Mdina, Michael Harris
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage cased glass vase features bottle shaped form with elongated neck and wide flared rim, hand crafted in blue and green glass, layered a...
Category
20th Century Maltese Organic Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Michael Harris Mdina Glass Vase, Amber Tortoiseshell, Malta, 1970s
By Mdina, Michael Harris
Located in Glasgow, GB
This Michael Harris bottle vase for Mdina Glass was produced in Malta during the 1970s and exemplifies the studio's highly distinctive organic approach to decorative art glass. Execu...
Category
Vintage 1970s Maltese Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Art Glass


