Murano Twisted Rope Glass Vanity Tray

Beautiful Murano Venetian rectangular tray with twisted glass surround and reverse etched mirror back and nickeled brass fittings. Excellent craf...

Murano 1940s round glass vanity wall mirror surmounted by thick finely twisted blown glass with brass straps by Paulo Venini. The mirror has a newer wood ...

1950s Murano Italian twisted glass rope table top picture frame with decorative pierced brass trim detailing. The easel backing allows for horizontal viewing only.

Large solid brass oval double sided swivel vanity table mirror.

This gorgeous hand blown Italian Murano vintage glass tray is Venini style and is mid century modern. The red X style forms are randomly placed amid...

Mid century mirror engraved glass serving tray. This wonderful piece was produced in Italy during the 1940’s. The mirror has romantic Venetian characters and picturesque countryside landscapes. This iconic vanity tray has handles, a rectangular mirror top with rounded corners which have been skilfully ground with stone wheels. The etching usually shows a courtship scene depicting a courtly couple dressed in their finest clothes in a landscape or formal garden with architectural elements. The upper edge of the mirror is decorated with a blue twisted glass cord...

Murano glass bowl, ashtray element.

We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. Round Murano glass empty pockets (or tray); the design is essential but well-proportioned and elegant; pleasingly aesthetic is the effect of the two colors that artisans have managed to achieve with skill and mastery. This object was made by Murano masters using the technique of "incamiciatura," which consists of superimposing, as an initial process, on the glass mass that came out of the furnace, one or more successive layers of glass of different colors; in our object to the light blue, almost transparent glass mass, only the blue color was superimposed by immersing the white form just sketched in a crucible containing the blue molten glass. Then the Master glassmaker put the whole thing back in the furnace for a few minutes and then blew into the special barrel, helping himself with pliers and working it by hand he gave the pot emptier the desired shape shaping also the central decoration, even adding a thread of blue glass all along the edge, this operation was done flat, therefore much more difficult to make the two colors blend, the object was made entirely by hand and without the use of molds or models, thus creating a unique piece, just like a work of art. The earliest records of this technique concern Benedetto Barbaria, who in 1815 made "glass blown in two layers of enamel.". The object was created between 1970 and 1973 in Murano (Venice-Italy). As can be seen from the engraving on the rim, the pocket blank is a limited edition item; it is No. 34 of 150 pieces made, which, being all handmade, show differences from one another. Unfortunately, we cannot decipher the name of the design that created it for the Murano company Effe Due...