About The Italian Collector
"One of the World's Best Antique Shops" The Financial Times, How to Spend It Magazine Bec Astley Clarke MBE at The Italian Collector is a leading dealer of fine Italian collectibles; notably beautiful examples of mid-century glassware, furniture and decorative art. The Italian Collector provides a discrete, on-line service to a global community of discerning collectors and designers. The Italian Collector has a Bottega in Florence, Italy and a warehouse in Umbria. The Bottega is a small by appointment gallery showcasing some of our favourite pieces from the collectio...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Lino Sabattini Silver Plated Pear Bowl, Italian Design, 1960
By Lino Sabattini
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A beautiful 1960s Lino Sabattini Silver plated Pear Shaped Bowl with leaf. A recognised design by the modernist Italian silverware designer, Lino Sabattini. Perfect for a coffee tabl...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Silver
1970s Large Murano Glass Centrepiece with spider effect by Cenedese
Located in Florence, Tuscany
An Exceptional Seguso Vetri D'Arte hand-blown large marine blue Murano Glass bowl. This sommerso (submerged glass) piece has a lilac surround and still has its original stickers. An ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Triangular Fontana Arte Bowl, Turquoise Blown Glass, Italy, Circa 1970
By Fontana Arte
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A super example of a pale turquoise Fontana Arte decorative bowl. In a triangular shape with turquoise glass. In good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
1970s Venini Striped Organic Vase
By Venini
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A truly lovely Murano glass vase hand-blown with fine white stripes in a wonderful organic shape. This piece was made by Venini in the 1970s. It is in good condition and makes for a ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Vases
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Barovier & Toso Signed Pink & White Murano Glass Vase and Bowl
By Barovier
Located in Florence, Tuscany
This 1970s Barovier & Toso Murano glass set pairs a signed vase with a matching bowl, both worked in delicate pink and white canne. The finely applied filigree lines create a sof...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Hand-Blown Murano Glass Vase, Peach, Italy, 1980s
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A beautiful peach hand-blown textured Murano Glass Vase. This elegant piece has generous dimensions and is in good condition.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Positano, Oil on Canvas, Athos Faccincani, 1951
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A wonderful Oil Painting of Positano by Athos Faccincani (n. 1951). This joyous oil painting features the cascading colourful houses of Positano and the warmth and sea of the Amalfi ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of 1980s Murano Glass Black Organic Bowls by V Nason
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A pair of hand-blown black Murano glass bowls by V Nason. Still with their original sticker and signed on the base, both of these beautiful organic bowls are in good condition.
Dime...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
1960s Murano Glass Gold & Transparent Fluted Centrepiece
By Pauly & Co.
Located in Florence, Tuscany
Found in a warehouse in Venice, this spectacular hand-blown Murano glass Centrepiece has gold powder flecks throughout. With extraordinary piped detailing on the rim and decorative s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
Six 1980s Multi-colour Hand-Blown Murano Cocktail Glasses with glass Olive
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A set of six hand-blown long stemmed Murano glass cocktail glasses each with a hand-blown glass olive fixed to the inside of the coupe. The set consists of 2 pink glasses, 2 green gl...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
1950s Pair of Sculpted Stools by Gio Ponti. Reupholstered in Boucle. Model 687
By Gio Ponti
Located in Florence, Tuscany
These sculptural 1950s stools by Gio Ponti for Cassina, model 687, showcase his distinctive architectural lines and beautifully tapered walnut frame. The open, Y-shaped side structur...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Wood
1722 Antique Map of Venice by Petrus van der Aa, Detailed Paper
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A spectacular Antique Map of Venice, Titled “Nova et accussima Venetiarum urbis Tabula topographica”, published by Petrus van der Aa in 1722 in t...
Category
Antique 1640s Italian Maps
Materials
Paper
