Murano Glass Animal Sculptures

Made in Italy, 1920s - 1930s. This miniature horse is made in hand-modeled Murano glass. It might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but i...

Large Murano Fish Sculpture (65 cm long) exquisitely blown glass and internally decorated with twisted strands of rust brown glass bleeding from burned orange into amber made using t...

'MAIALINO', MODEL NO. 2485 NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI for Venini 1928 Lightly iridescent hand-blown and applied 'pulegoso' glass.Height 17, length 27cm LITERATURE Compare Anna Venini ...

A wonderful rare Modern Murano Italian solid cobalt blue art glass bull dog sculpture.

Two animal sculptures by Archimede Seguso (1909-1999) Italy made circa 1970 of a dog and rabbit in solid opaque glass, foil label to one example 'Archimede Seguso Murano' Archimede ...

Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...

The hand blown Sculpture depicts a pair of parrots poised upon twisted branches. The artist has represented the birds in an opaque dark brown glass decorated internally with gold inc...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This fish is made in scavo glass. It is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition. Mea...

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass sculpture in "sfumato oro" bird circa 1950.

Great manufacturing for this large sculpture made from clear Murano glass. Signed on the base by Licio Zanetti and produced in Murano during the 1960s. No chips or cracks.

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass multicolor tall pheasant circa 1950.

This very expressive crested crane art glass sculpture, from the 1970s, is a true jewel-like work of art, in sophisticated blown Murano glass, with overlaid stripes decor in red, blu...

Renata Anatra Murano Art Glass stylized bird figurine signed. Very impressive size standing 14" tall. Wonderful condition with very minor age appropriate wear on base.

Livio Seguso “Dolphin “Murano glass, 1955, Italy.

Incredible and beautiful pair of birds in profusion of gold by Seguso Vetri d'Arte circa 1950

Set of three Murano horses head sculptures by Sergio Costantini & Vetro Artistico Murano 1980s.

Murano glass carp Is a beautiful glass decorative object, realized by Murano manufacture following the japanese style in the late 20th Century. This object belongs to the exclusiv...

incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass bottle for Luxardo in two colors circa 1950.

Incredible BARBINI Murano glass red, green and gold with air bubbles and applied glass. Unique piece. Perfect.

Incredible Archimede Seguso "rubino" Murano glass with gold and air bubbles inside the glass circa 1950.

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...

Incredible BARBINI Murano glass bicolor with gold and bubbles circa 1950 cock.

Incredible and big Murano glass multicolor with gold and air bubbles by Barovier&Toso circa 1950, perfect. Unique piece.

In this listing you will find a very rare Murano art glass figurine of a blue fish with the black stripes. It was designed by Ken Scott for V...

Incredible Murano glass by ZANETTI "piece unique" with applied parts sculpture.

Venetian blown glass push and pull door handles from a hotel in Venice late 1940's, by Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) for Vitreria Gino Cenedese, Italy. Polar bears climbing on geometric glaciers set in clear and opaque glass block set with brass mounts. One white and gold ice bear...

Vintage Italian Murano glass cat sculpture with multiple colors uniquely executed through submersion of the glass in Sommerso technique by Maestro Rom...

Incredible Fratelli Toso Murano glass bicolor with bubbles circa 1950.

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano opaline dog bootle circa 1950.

Incredible Cenedese Murano glass tricolor circa 1950 cock.

Marvelous pair of Murano glass fishes by Seguso.   

Murano glass fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with brown, amber, yellow and blue tones. Made in Italy, 20th century (Includes sticker and signature) Di...

Incredible Antonio da Ros Murano glass bicolor circa 1950 cock.

Incredible BARBINI sculpture in Murano glass green, red and gold with air bubbles and applied glass circa 1950. Unique piece.

Incredible Murano attributed to Dino Martens glass cock white, green and gold circa 1950, perfect conditions.

Incredible Barbini Murano glass multicolor with bubbles and gold circa 1950 cock.

Murano fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with amber, blue, pink and green Murano glass. Made in Italy, 20th Century (includes sticker and signature). Dim...

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...

This very expressive crested crane art glass sculpture, from the 1970s, is a true jewel-like work of art, in sophisticated blown Murano glass, with overlaid stripes decor in red, whi...

Murano fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with clear, red, blue, green and yellow tone Murano glass. Made in Italy, 20th Centur...

Very nice Murano sculpture Signed Perfect condition.

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...

Murano glass sculpture produced by Seguso Vetri D'arte. Signed at the base. About Seguso Seguso is among the oldest glass-making dynasties on the island of Murano, whose family trad...

Set of three hand blown murano glass vases "Birds of Paradise" by Jeremy R Cline.

Murano glass fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with yellow, blue, amber and pink tones. Made in Italy, 20th century (Includes sticker and signature). ...

Murano fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with dark purple,amber, green, blue and clear tone Murano glass. Made in Italy, 20th century. Dimensions: 17.5...