Bradbury Art & Antiques Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Very decorative blue set of ten different size Italian blown and pressed glass bottles. Two pressed genie bottles, a pressed bird design carafe, a pressed square carafe, a pressed fish carafe, two blown cognac glasses as vase and three apothecary or candy jars. Mention Italian glass and probably everyone’s mind immediately leaps to Venice and Murano. But there is another almost equally famous centre of Italian glass making known as Empoli. Empoli glass is generally much simpler and does not have the intricately applied trim or decorations associated with Venetian and Murano pieces. The simple traditional styles of Empoli glass were quickly adapted to the abstract shapes of mid 20th century modernism. It became hugely popular as a decorative home accent, and was exported across the world. Now they are highly sought after by international collectors and look beautiful arranged together. All bottles have their stopper and are slightly different in colour, design, shape and size (height with stopper): Pressed 'wrinkled' glass genie bottle, 59cm high, Ø 11cm (23.2"x4,3") Pressed 'wrinkled' glass genie bottle, 57cm high, Ø 11cm (22.4"x4,3") Light blue pressed glass fish bottle, 40cm high, 10cm wide, 7cm deep (15,8"x3.9"x2.8") Square pressed carafe with ball stopper and bird design 34cm high, 14cm wide, 5cm deep (13.4"x5.5"x1.96") High apothecary or candy jar, blown glass, 34cm high, Ø 13cm (13.4"x5.1") Light blue large cognac glass 33cm high, Ø 21cm ( 13", 8.3") Lower apothecary or candy jar, blown glass, 27cm high, Ø 15cm (10,6"x5,9) Dark blue smaller cognac glass 27cm high, Ø 19 (10.6"x7.5") Square pressed carafe with square stopper 27cm high, 15cm wide, 6cm deep (10.6"x5,9"x3,92.4") Small clear apothecary or candy jar, blown glass, 24cm high, Ø 10cm (9.5"x3.9") Like Murano glass in the 1950s-1960s the great majority of Empoli glass was marked only with relatively generic “Made in Italy” paper or foil label. Over time, many of the original labels have fallen off and the majority of Empoli MCM glass...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Delicious and harmonious pair of blue blown glass bottles with lid...

A truly beautiful Art Deco large perfume bottle with a very attractive and iconic shape and patterning with geometric black enamel decoration to b...

For your consideration is this stylish Art Deco style baby blue glass perfume bottle. Lovely item with no damage, just minor signs of use.

Made by the Italian craftsmen of Empoli, Florence The carefully crafted Optical details The large, usable vase provides a solid form suitable for a few tall flowers...

Amazing and fabulous Italian handmade and blown bottle in light blue color glass with stopper, from the “Velati” series designed and produced by Venini Murano in 1992. Logo "Venin...

Italian light blue glass bottle with stopper, “Incisi” series, submerged glass with surface entirely worked by grinding produced by Venini Murano, Ve...

This wonderful antique late 18th century (1780 circa) Murano blown clear glass set of four lidded bottles recalling a genie bottle shape, is made of the most thin and see-through gla...

A fine antique glass flask. In cobalt blue with pulled white marbrie loops to the surface, a tooled neck, and a rough pontil base. Simply a wond...

For your consideration is this stylish 1930s Art Deco blue and clear glass perfume bottle. Lovely item with no damage, just minor signs of use. The stopper has an embossed rose in re...

Incredible collection of (15) Cobalt blue hand blown caster oil bottles made in the late 1800s and Imported from Ireland. Wonderful as a splash of a fantastic shade of Cobalt Blue co...

Turquoise blue opaline flask and its flattened stopper that is decorated with a radiant pattern. Gold stripes decorate the rim and body, alongside gilt, silvered, and blue bouquets o...