Decorative Objects

Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.

This minimal yet effortlessly stunning Mid-Century Modernist Organic Hand-Blown Transparent Murano Art Glass Sculpture is signed Salviati and originates from Italy, Circa 1960. Featu...

Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso light blue over cobalt blue Italian art glass giraffe figure sculpture. The piece is documented to the Salviati company, circ...

Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.

Beautiful and unique, vintage Murano hand blown Italian art glass dancing ballerina sculpture with harlequin mask, hat and Zanfirico ribbons skirt. Documented to the Salviati company...

Salviati Murano Glass Zanfirico & Aventurine Plate Measures about 7 x 1.5 inches. No chips or cracks. Good vintage condition. Colors will look lighter on a light background. Measure...

A rare Salviati Murano had blown fish and mermaid sculpture with internal gold fleck and bullicante design. Since 1859, Salviati has been researching new vernaculars languages of M...

A large and impressive Murano glass fish with bullicante controlled bubbles attributed to Salviatt and Co. The elegant form with the fish tail curved upward with a sturdy round glas...

Elliptical vase in submerged Murano glass with blue spirals, made by Salviati in 2003. Ø 17 cm Ø 12 cm h 21 cm Salviati is a prestigious glass manufacturer based in Murano, Venice,...

An impressive Italian Murano glass sculpture of a trout in hades of black, smoky grey to clear glass. The fish form with upward tail with black fins, with colorful bulls eye spots ...

Italian modern Black metal and plastic Floor clock with eye-shape mirror by Alias, 1990s Floor clock with rear-view mirror in metal and plastic. The structure of the clock is eye-sha...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso dark to lighter emerald green Italian art glass owl bird figure, sculpture. Documented to the Salviati Company. Have owned several with l...

Magnificent large Salviati Murano Italy hand-made and mouth-blown glass figurine of an exotic bird with feathered plume and sweeping tail. The green color at the head and plume fades...

Murano glass vase with blue and green shades, Madras Collection, made by Vetreria Salviati in 1997 Ø 22 cm Ø 15 cm h 26 cm Salviati is a renowned glass company based in Murano, Ita...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark orange to white Ombre fade design Italian art glass fish figurine, sculpture. Documented to the Salviati company, with "Salviati & C. - Made ...

Artist/Designer: Salviati Additional Information: Salviati is a world renowned Murano based manufacturer of glass since 1859. Marking(s); notes: Salviati label Country of origin; ...

A Murano glass vase made by glass masters Salviati & Co in the late 19th century with a beautifully marbled calcedonio design. This Murano glass vase, made by Salviati & Co. circa 1...

This set of five vases were designed by Sergio Asti in 1963 and presented at the XXXII Biennial of Venice. The serie is called Clio, consisted of indented vases made of fused glass c...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown vaseline yellow green with aqua green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. Documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati co...

A Murano glass miniature goblet made by glass masters Salviati & Co in the late 19th century with yellow and clear glass with flecks of gold twisted into an incredibly intricate shap...

Stunner done Vase designed by Nigel Coates (English, 1949) for Salviati (Italian, founded 1859), circa 1992. A rare organic shaped cased art glass vase in Lavender, light purple with...

Italian Murano glass vase or sculpture hand blown in Sommerso technique to form elegant layers in clear, smoky and red / Made in Italy by Salviati, circa 1980s Original sticker on th...

Beautiful abstract Murano glass sculpture by the very well known Murano Master Luciano Gaspari .

Beautiful antique Venetian older Murano hand blown dark pink, white and copper Italian art glass ruffle rim decorative bowl / vide-poche. Documented to Salviati dott. Antonio, circa ...

Outstanding hand blown Murano Art glass bowl in shades of purple pink and blue. Italy, 1960s. Manufactured By Luciano Gaspari for Salviati. Signed underneath. This beautiful bowl has...

Beautiful, antique, early Venetian / Murano hand blown green and gold flecks Italian art glass seashell decoration decorative table object / card holder / goblet. Documented to the S...

Soffiato glass charger plate designed by Salviati & Co. Great decorative piece, created at the Murano island in Venice Italy by the Salviati & Co. This flat charger was crafted during the art deco period back in the early 1920 by the blown glass process. Made up in transparent amber glass with the upper rim accented by a stripe made up from blue pate d verre. Soffiato Glassblowing or Soffiato in Italian, is a glass forming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower, glassmith, or gaffer. The word come from soffietta, a tool used as a puffer to further inflate a vessel after it has been removed from the blowpipe and is attached to the pontil. It consists of a curved metal tube attached to a conical nozzle. The glassblower reheats the vessel, inserts the nozzle into its mouth so that the aperture is blocked, and then inflates the vessel by blowing through the tube. Salviati & Co. The company was founded by Antonio Salviati, which born in Vicenza in 1816 and died in Venice in 1890. In 1859, together with Enrico Podio and Lorenzo Radi he opened a glassware and mosaic boutique called Salviati Antonio...

Made in Italy, 1970s. This wonderful vase / bottle is made in pink encased Murano glass with gold leaf. It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it c...

Rare clear Murano glass bottle with stopper designed circa 1970 by Salviati, Murano, Italy. Beautiful original condition, a few superficial scratches at the bottom. Signed at the bot...

Salviati, ruby red sommerso bottle with stopper dark red and clear glass, acrylic label to base

Beautiful stylized Murano glass bird made by Salviati , and attributed to Luciano Gaspari . 

Beautiful glass holder made by Salviati, marked and dated 1998.

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue to clear Italian art glass owl bird figure, sculpture. Documented to the Salviati Company. Have owned several with labels and...

One of a kind Luciano Gaspari blown Art Glass cylinder shaped vase in light pink with a circle of blue bubbles around, made for Salviati Murano, Venice. Italian Mid-Century Modern h...

Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green with bubbles and cobalt blue Italian art glass snail sculpture. Documented to the Salvia...

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...

Twin-Handled vase by Salviati & Co. Venetian twin handled glass vase. Green with gold leaf, unsigned. Dimensions: H 26cm.

This is part of a series called " Zoo" beautiful animals in sommerso glass .In black light you can see light uranium green glass .

The “Mare” collection was born from the colors and shapes of the Venice lagoon. The “peocere”, tens and tens meters long mussel farming strings rising vertically, draw the shapes of ...

Italian vase in blown Murano glass antiqued clear color attributed to Salviati, Venice. This is an extraordinary vase, a very important artistic creation handcrafted attributed to the Italian artist Salviati, in the Venetian island of Murano, Italy. The main body color, as well as the several reliefs that adorn this artwork, are made with antiqued transparent art of the blown Murano glass. A valuable, remarkable and decorative piece with an antique taste...

Unique and sophisticated, this vase is crafted of mouth-blown Murano glass and hand-decorated using the "rigadin" technique, that creates stunning vertical lines along its tapered and curved surface. The lines accentuate its elongated silhouette that renders in a solid object the movements of air. Part of the Aria Collection, this piece can be displayed in a modern interior as a striking sculpture or a vessel for a single flower or in a contemporary or antique setting...

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...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown clear smoky gray color with green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture on base. Documented to designer Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati compan...

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

An absolutely remarkable very large art glass charger / sculpture on museum quality mount. Marked Salviati. Italy, 20th Century. Founded in 1859, Salviati remains one of the most pre...

Clean lines and contours characterize Anna Gili’s Profili. These vases come in different sizes and their proportions challenge the human eye in a play of concavity and convexity. Cur...

Hand-formed and hot finished Sommerso glass vase.

Fantastic and large mid-century vase by renowned Murano and London glass house Salviati. As one of the oldest Murano glass houses in Venice Salviati has proved to be one of the most ...

A fine Italian art glass paperweight. By Salviati. In the form of a green snail with a brown and white swirl shell. Marked to the base 'Salviati' along with an original Salv...

Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.

Hand blown colorful vase made using the "canne" technique. Hand blown and hand-finished cane vase.

Hand-formed and hot finished blown glass vase made with the rigadin technique.

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...

Gorgeous, and rare design, vintage Murano hand blown orange and white stripes, with gold flecks, Italian art glass genie bottle decanter. Attribu...

1980 Elegant Venetian vase of organic ovoid shape, in a chic smoked amber gold Murano glass, blown by Salviati, with a high quality decoration in a precious handcrafted wavy Battuto on the entire surface that results in a unique decor...

Beautiful antique Venetian hand blown copper aventurine and twisted white ribbons Italian art glass decanter with shot glass stopper. Docum...

Gorgeous matched pair of vintage Murano hand blown white, dark amber and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on branch sculptures. Documented to th...

Nice sculpture rocks (two) sold together, by the well known Murano maker Salviati & Co. Luciano Gaspari was the main designer for the company for many years and made many great works...