Murano Glass Rose Amethyst Plate, Greca Merletto Decoration, Zecchin Style 1970s

Exceptional historical piece. It has the rainbow patter. A sequence of canes that Livio loved to place in sculptures where the play with the lens effect of the other clear massiccio ...

Two collector's goblet. The finesse and details of his pieces are excellent. See the photos. Finish is different. One has a sort of feather patter and has aquamarine light transparency. The other is darker and from outside the cup might look black but against the light shows it's beauty Young Igor Balbi is a world wide known glass artist. He developed his finish and teaches at Corning Museum. Belongs to the new generation of Lume artist, starting from Cesare Toffolo, Lucio Bubacco and Vittorio...

Here a beautiful bowl signed by Adriano dalla Valentina, Muranese master specialized in self made murrinas objects and sculptures. The bowl lip has two bands of amber and amethyst wi...

Intense and passionate glass sculpture from Ermanno Nason, using his favorite glass, the acciaio gray. This warm transparent gray color is often used by glass massiccio Sculptors, w...

Great color combination. The filigree/filigrana glass is a cane with a color inside. Usually clear on the outside with a core in colored or opaque glass. Most used are white or black filigrana. This is a self-made filigrana as there is a green coating over an Amethyst core, making the Amethyst almost a dark bronze color. The other cane is clear with amethyst. The twisting (mena in muranese, or ritorto) makes a lay with the back of the vase almost as it is a reticello (once called filigrana, so that explains the term mezza filigrana). The special color combination was then rolled over pure gold leaf, highlighted with the iridescence smoke and then covered with another layer of high temperature glass to make the gold vivid. The vase is quite large and carries a squared mouth, in a way of Carlo Scarpa mezza filigrana vases...

This shows the Classic Murano figurine head with the casque hair position. The bowl has been waved to hot attach the two busts that are connected to t...

Made in Italy, 1920s. This trinket bowl / vide-poche is made in amethyst ribbed Murano glass. It might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excellent original c...

Italian 1970s Murano glass bowl/sculpture Thick solid glass distribution allows the piece to stand in this serving position.

Glass red Rubin Murano glass bowl in the style of Vittorio Zecchin Cappellin 1920s Italy, note the decoration as if it were an embroidery, it has decorations with typical Venetian mo...

Very large Vetro Soffiato glass dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925 A very large 'vetro soffiato' glass dish in amethyst transparent glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin in 1925 and manufactured by Venini, Murano Venice. Acid stamped signature 'venini murano' on the base. Venini model number 1306. The dish has been manufactured in different sizes, this is the larges version which is very rare. One of the early 20th century designs of Zecchin for Cappellin and Venini which motivated the muranese glass companies to set out for new shores. Good condition with some surface scratches. The last picture shows it together with a mid size version with 14.29" inches as comparison of the sizes. Measures: Height: 3.35" (8.5 cm) Diameter: 20.08" (51 cm) Literature Reference: Marino Barovier, Vittorio Zecchin: Transparent Glass for Cappellin and Venini, Milano 2017, pages 326, 336 and 357 Vittorio Zecchin (1878 - 1947) was a native Muranese and son of a glasswork technician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Together with the painter Teodoro Wolf Ferrari...

Made in Italy, 1921 - 1922. This stunning trinket bowl / vide-poche is made in orange hand-blown Murano glass. It was presented at Salon D'Automne in Paris in 1922 and at the Bienna...

Large Vetro Soffiato Glass Dish by Vittorio Zecchin for Venini Murano ca. 1925 A very large 'vetro soffiato' glass dish in amethyst transparent glass, designed by Vittorio Zecchin in 1925 and manufactured by Venini, Murano Venice. Acid stamped signature 'venini murano ITALIA' on the base. Venini model number 1306. The dish has been manufactured in different sizes, this is the second largest version which is very rare. One of the early 20th century designs of Zecchin for Cappellin and Venini which motivated the muranese glass companies to set out for new shores. Good condition with some surface scratches. Vittorio Zecchin (1878 - 1947) was a native Muranese and son of a glasswork technician. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Together with the painter Teodoro Wolf Ferrari...