Superb Murano Vase, square cobalt murrine, with acquamarine and amethyst inside

Rare vase in blue cobalt glass from Fratelli Toso. The finish of the vase is with Avventurina speckling fused over the glass (Tociato in Muranese) to resemble Lapis Lazuli gemstone....

Splendid murano mosaic vase with a perfect color combination and complex mosaic technique. The stellato finish is made by rolling canes of various color over a small blob of incandescent glass. The design is attained by using the glass scissors at the end and making flat discs with a star design. All these are then heated on a flat surface, in the old time was a stone so this technique still carries that name, lavorazione a piera. It's heated so that it becomes an unique mosaic rectangular piece. It's then rolled with a glass disc that has the exact perimeter of the rectangular side. This makes the name that this technique is internationally known, Roll-up technique. The difficulty is to close into a cylinder the two other sides of the rectangle. After that the cylinder is closed on the opposite end, glowed to ge to the size, changing the working point with the punty technique (a puntello) and handopening to get the final shape. An incredible sequence of glassmaking technique to get a special design. The result is an intricate design of stars in an infinitive patchwork of color matching. This is commonly known as Stellato vase, which was enhanced and studied by Pollio Perelda...

Antique Murrine Vase with Handles, Fratelli Toso Murano ca. 1920s Item e7093 A large murrine glass vase manufactured by Vetreria Fratelli Toso, Murano around 1920. Made of polychrome...

Made in Murano, Italy, 1960s. This is a Murano glass multi-colored vase, that is highly ascribable to Fratelli Toso's millefiori. It has a multitude of different murrines, in a rain...