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Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear and pink Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy Measures: He...

Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso 'A Grosse Costolature' Bowl 1942 A large shell shaped 'A Grosse Costolature' bowl in heavy iridescent Murano glass. Designed by Ercole Barovier an...

Italian crystal glass tree ornament of organic sleek modern design, a vintage creation part of a collection assembled by Cosulich Interiors & Anti...

A beautiful and colorful Italian Seguso Viro Murano art glass vase, Italy, circa 1990s, late-20th century. Maker's mark on bottom/underside as shown...

A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical picture frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a luscious emerald jewel green color, by Barovier & Toso, signed piece. The elegan...

Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and dark blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy Measu...

Beautiful and large, vintage Murano hand blown "Pulegoso" bubbles over blue color Italian art glass footed desk clock. Attributed to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company and designer Flav...

Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and smoky Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy Measures:...

Beautiful antique Venetian / early Murano hand blown opalescent white and blue Italian art glass flower vase. It has a genie bottle shape, with pleated surface on the body. It has sk...

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flower mosaic Italian art glass decorative ornate handle cabinet vase / pitcher. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 1910-1930. The vase has an early design and unusual white backgrounds on the murrines. The vase has a scramble / all over design with a rainbow of colors in the flower designs. It has very large size murrines, with some unusual designs, including bullseye and a large rainbow...

Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and dark blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy Measu...

Vintage Murano Hand Blown Paperweight Yellow Flower with Blue Collectible Art Glass. Beautiful heavy large glass paperweight featuring yellow ...

This centerpiece has a striking appearance and is constructed from three main components. The base and stand are in 24-karat gold-plated brass. Sitting on top of the base is a decora...

Vintage Fratelli Toso Millefiori Desk Lamp, Murano circa 1950 A rare millefiori murrine glass desk lamp manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1950. Made of blue glass with melted white and green glass threads and polycrome murrines. Surface with satinated finish. The lamp is an authentic example of early 20th century Murano art glass. It was part of a large Fratelli Toso glass collection with over 600 pieces - collected since the 1970s. Working condition. It features a E14 European socket. Fratello Toso was one of the leading art glass manufacturers of Murano in the 20th century. In the early 1900's Fratelli Toso started to produce glasses in murrine technique. Murrine and Millefiori glasses remained a major product field of Fratelli Toso. In 1912 a very successful series of liberty inspired art glasses, designed by Hans Stoltenberg Lerche...

Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear and light blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy. Measu...

Murano glass trees of organic sleek modern design, a vintage creation by the Venetian company Formia, signed pieces, individually mouth blown and hand...

Priced per item (4 available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, pink and gold flecks Italian art glass leaf dishes with vase / holder. They have been documented to the Barovier ...

Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown green and gold flecks Italian art glass perfume scent bottle. Documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company, circa 1930-40s. Unsure of t...

A sophisticated Venetian modern design vertical photo frame in thick blown Murano glass worked in a amber orange gold color, overlayed in crystal. The elegant texture of the tightly ...

Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and green Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy Measures:...

This majestic centerpiece makes a beautiful addition to any table. Its round base is in 24k gold plated brass supports a striking multicolored striking sculptural piece of Murano gla...

Italian mid-century sculptural Murano glass fish. Realized using the Sommerso technique, a clear layer of glass blown over the amber color glass, worked in bullicante, the air bubbles trapped inside the glass (technique made famous by Archimede Seguso) and infused with Silver flakes throughout. The silver and bubbles bringing the jumping fish alive inspiring the glistening reflections of water, resting atop a sea motif...

An intricately detailed glass dish by Ercole Moretti with close-packed complex millefiori glass mosaic beads. The millefiori (or murrini) technique ...

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown cobalt and sky blue, orange, and white Italian art glass decorative double handle cabinet vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 190...

Beautiful Murano handblown multi-color murrine mosaic design Italian art glass kitten heel shoe sculpture. It has gold leaf on the heel and on the trim over the top. Made with a rain...

Mid-Century, vintage 'Opalino' Murano glass pen holder with an embossed gold plated rim attributed to Cenedese, circa 1950-1970. Wonderful tran...

Murano Pen holder is a decorative object realized in the 1970s. A decorative blue colored Murano glass pen holder. An elegant object to be collect.

Rare Italian Art Deco Design handcrafted set of 2 mid-century art glass bottles. Beautiful and sophisticated Venetian decoration with the Sommerso technique. Sculptural statements th...

Toni Zuccheri paper holder for VeArt, Italy, 1970s.

A fun modernist table / desk lamp, a contemporary organic creation entirely hand made in Italy, the geometric shape inspired by a fashion tailored suit design, the waisted middle par...

A pair of organic Murano glass vases of clean rectangular modern shape, attributed to Seguso, the linear design enhanced by the triple Sommerso technique: the crystal clear blown gla...

A contemporary bowl of elongated shape like a gondola, in Murano glass, with a decor like a mosaic giving an orientalist flair, created with the highest quality craftsmanship using t...

Vintage Murano geometric shaped deep red and blue "Sommerso" faceted glass vase designed by Mandruzzato, Italy.Original label.Perfect condition. Mandruzzato was founded in 1934 on th...

A fun modernist table / desk lamp, a contemporary organic creation entirely hand made in Italy, the geometric shape inspired by a fashion tailored suit design, the waisted middle par...

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 white and pink Zanfirico ribbons basket with cobalt blue flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. T...

A striking Murano glass table lamp from the 1970s, handcrafted in Italy. This sculptural piece features a hand-blown glass globe with a captivating clear and frosted gradient finish,...

A very beautiful Italian Murano smoked grey charcoal faceted art glass vase by Alessandro Mandruzzato for Sommerso, circa mid to late-20th century, Italy. Beautiful at any angle. Dim...

"Blown" plate Vittorio Zecchin MVM Cappellin Italy, 1920 Rubin Blown Glass Plate Very good condiction Original early 1900s No chips, no cracks

A heavy sculpture of a toucan in orange and clear glass. Designed by glass sculptor Livio Seguso ca. 1960. On the base with incised signature of the artist (LS) and made in Murano st...

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 'Vi...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark blue, with light blue and white ribbons Italian art glass fazzoletto / handkerchief vase. Documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi for the Veni...

Mid-20th century Italian design Murano glass tree of sleek, organic modern shape, vintage creation by the renowned Venetian company Formia. This signed, individually mouth-blown, and...

Ashtray in a particular submerged glass, with a wonderful double color of emerald green and blue. Refinement and class as in the Murano style, unique pieces that always remain precio...

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 'V...

Rare glass ashtray with flower Perfect condition.

"Soffiati" plate Vittorio Zecchin MVM Cappellin Italy, 1920 Blue Blown Glass Plate Very good condiction Original early 1900s No chips, no cracks

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright red, dark purple and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture. Documented to Archimede Seguso, in the "Pulveri" design. The piece is pr...

A small and beautiful Italian Murano art glass paperweight decorative object with neon yellow and eggplant hues twisted 'Zanfirico' ribbon...

Beautiful, playful and colorful paperweight that will spark your imagination every time you put your eyes on it. Murano art glass, signed. A nice addition to any desktop. Mea...

Illumination red is an Art Nouveau Italian photo frame with Murano glass. Illumination red is an art-design photo frame, proudly handmade in Italy by master of crafts. silvered brass...

Bring a touch of Venetian elegance into your home with this whimsical spring green Murano vase finished with intricate gold leaf ornamentation. Decorated with cherubs and floral desi...

A stunning electric blue Murano glass flower sculpture, with gold leaf incorporated into the glass and rich blue tone. Beautifully crafted by hand in Italy.

Mid-Century Modern Murano vase, Tapio Wirkkala for Venini attributed, lattimo Murano glass decorated About: Designed in 1968 by Tapio Wirkkala, these b...

Bear Artglass sculpture Designed by Livio Seguso, circa 1970s A stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Desig...

A stunning mid-20th century Italian decorative set of three vintage Venetian Murano glass trees, featuring an organic, sleek, and modern design. This unique collection includes: One ...

Vintage Italian red Murano glass tealight holder hand blown with bubbles inside the glass using Bollicine technique / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Measure...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white Filigrana ribbons, red-orange aventurine and blue millefiori canes Italian art glass cabinet vase. Documented to Salviati & Co., with intact...

Gorgeous Vintage Art Glass 1993 abstract design paperweight. Beautiful handcrafted pink and white swirl Murano art glass paperweight. ...

A beautiful glass paper weight with dark flowers encased - a holder for a lovely ribbed gold pen. The piece is great for any work station or well a...