Unique Murano Glass Vase with floating Murrine Mosaic in Blue and Red

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....

Murano glass cachepot vase with square murrine with aqua mare, amethyst and cobalt blue color play. The cobalt blue outside the murrine connects to the adjacent ones creating an web...

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...

Vase of my own design inspired by Rothko's bitonal paintings. Executed in Murano with the very difficult working technique called “a piera.” This in particular is made "senza vetro" ...

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...

An extraordinary Work of Art in blown Murano glass by Davide Dona', this is a bowl/centerpiece really difficult to achieve for its grand blown size and for the decoration, with beautiful colored murrine, green, orange, red, yellow, in the blue body overlaid in clear glass. The strokes...

Made in Italy, 1960s. This is a blue Murano glass vase with a multitude of different murrines with blue, white and red shades. It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight tr...

Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown Millefiori Murrina flowers and bullseye murrines Italian art glass mosaic cabinet / flower vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company...