Murano Italian Square Dish

Beautiful geometric designs on these set of 8 petite dishes, can be used for ashtrays, salt or nuts.

Small trapezoid shaped fused art glass atomic age bowl by Michael & Frances Higgins, circa 1950s. The piece is executed in the fused glass technique by the Higgins Studio and has a g...

Small fused art glass atomic age shallow bowl / ashtray by Michael & Frances Higgins, circa 1950s. The piece is executed in the fused glass technique by the Higgins Studio and has a ...

Large centerpiece fruit bowl by Yalos Casa for Murano Glassworks of Venice, circa 2000s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measures 14.5"D and a...

Murano, Italy, art glass dish. In perfect condition. Measures: 12.5 cm. x 12.5 cm. Unstamped.

Italian Murano Decorative Plate from the 1970s This Murano decorative plate, dating from the 1970s, features a circular shape with a slight indentation in the center, creating a shal...

Murano empty pocket from the "La Murrina" factory made in Italy in the 80s/90s. La Murrina is a symbol of excellence in design with unique glass products "Made in Murano". Thanks to ...

Murano. With silver applications. 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. Technical Avventurina : Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance". The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off. Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature. As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...