murano glass maker identification
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tonyd- Number of posts : 1
Location : Carlisle
Registration date : 2020-01-25
Re: murano glass maker identification
I can't identify the maker, but it will have been made sometime in the last 35 years, rather than in the 1920s - despite its 1920s styling.
The powdery surface is a decorative technique called 'scavo', to resemble 'excavated' Roman glass, and wasn't invented until the 1950s (by Alfredo Barbini, if I recall correctly). It wasn't widespread amongst Murano glassmakers until the mid-1970s, and maintained some popularity through to the mid- / late-1990s.
The speckly glass, made by rolling the clear glass gather in small coloured glass chips and fusing them to the surface, is much more a mid-1980s-into-the-1990s thing (Seguso Vetri d'Art and Cenedese & C. produced quite a bit during this period).
The powdery surface is a decorative technique called 'scavo', to resemble 'excavated' Roman glass, and wasn't invented until the 1950s (by Alfredo Barbini, if I recall correctly). It wasn't widespread amongst Murano glassmakers until the mid-1970s, and maintained some popularity through to the mid- / late-1990s.
The speckly glass, made by rolling the clear glass gather in small coloured glass chips and fusing them to the surface, is much more a mid-1980s-into-the-1990s thing (Seguso Vetri d'Art and Cenedese & C. produced quite a bit during this period).
njw- Number of posts : 15
Location : UK
Registration date : 2017-11-17
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