1950s Pauly & Co Venetian Vase

Wonderful very large heavy based pink Italian 'sommerso' vase found in Milan. This 1950s hand-blown Murano glass collectors piece is pink glass submerged with a line of aqua and ensc...

An exceptional Archimede Seguso hand-blown Murano glass vase in deep pink with gold flecks throughout. The piece has an elegant three pronged petal like shape and has the original st...

A rare example of a large signed Seguso Murano hand blown glass bowl. This wonderful pale turquoise bowl is in excellent condition, it is signed Seguso Murano on the base. It is in v...

An Italian hand-blown Empoli Glass wine bottle made in a cranberry coloured (dark purple) glass. This exceptional bottle was hand-blown in Empoli in the 1950s. In the last century Em...

Ercole Barovier 1889–1974 was the world renowned artistic director, designer and owner of Barovier & Toso the Venetian Furnace famed for its Murano glassware. Ercole became known for...

A perfect Flavio Poli sommerso small but chunky Murano glass vase in dark and light green. A beautiful piece in super condition.

Iridescence bulb shaped Soffiato vaseModel no. 1416, with applied multiple handles, close to and around the opening of the fluted mouth of the vase. A technique where the delicately hand blown vessel achieves a thin wall of amethyst colored glass to appear like a Hydria, a container once carried by the ancient Greek women filled with water from the fountains. The vase was designed by the company Pauly & Co formed in 1919. The vessel was created at the glass works of MVM Cappellin...

A pretty art glass vase by Luigi Onesto for Pauly of Murano. It is quite heavy. It is signed on the base L. Onesto per Pauly Murano. Likely dates from the...

A good vintage Pauly and Co. Venetian glass footed bowl. Well-scaled as a table centerpiece for fruit or flowers. Manufactured by Pauly and Co. in V...

Made in West Germany and signed BAY 7140, wonderful colors on this midcentury item.

Beautiful French Mid-century vase by ACCOLAY, France, 1950s. Concentric lines. Green, brown and purple. Anthracite speckled.. Height : 20cm (7.9"), Diameter : 18cm (7.1"). After the war “ceramic buttons” become very much a fashion item.As success comes, they decide to found a community and they settle on the 26th of October 1945 in an old unused factory in the Village of ACCOLAY in the Yonne department of Burgundy.In the year 1946, more than 3000 ceramic buttons and jewellery were leaving thisfactory, multicoloured and extraordinary pieces, in all sorts of different shapes, animal, vegetal, gold tinted…etc.In 1948 fashion was changing and they started making useful ceramics, decorative ornamental pieces, photo frames, fruit baskets and small ceramic sculptures.In 1952, Rafael GIAROUSSU, a Canadian painter and designer, became a member of the group. That was the beginning of very humoristic pieces from the Accolay potters. A large part of the population of the village of Accolay, would work in the studios, and in the sales department. Service stations on the road to the South of France that were selling their ceramics were becoming more & more numerous especially on the N6 & the N7. They continued their success well into the 70’s, up until the petrol crisis & also the fact that these roads were less...

Beech wood and oak veneer vase holder with brass ferrules; a special piece of furniture with lines typical of the 1950s, a touch of elegance with a taste of yesteryear.