#venetian glass

[mote-historie]

This Venetian goblet with baluster stem from the second half of the 16th century is characterized by the Venetian 'half filigree' workmanship.

Museo del Vetro

[design-is-fine]

Antonio Salviati, Vase, ‘Facon de Venise’, 1888. Blown glass (pagliesco). 2/ goblet, 1889. Murano, Venice, Italy. Via Maas Museum

In 1859 Dr Antonio Salviati set up a Murano company to revive traditional Venetian glass. In 1877 the company split into a London-based firm and his own glassworks. The initial success of the firm relied much of the writings of the English critic John Ruskin’s in which he declared the glass of Venice to be vastly superior to the English cut crystal that dominated the market. At first, renaissance designs were copied at Salviati. Soon, the contemporary taste for eclectic historicism and fantasy brought a new flavour. Dragons, dolphins, seahorses and twisted filigree patterns dazzled with technical bravura.

[blistexenthusiast]

green glass Venetian intaglios

[dozydawn]

[mastomysowner]

[charlesreeza]

Murano glass chandeliers in the Archbishop's Palace

Palermo, Sicily

Photos by Charles Reeza

[thomasfuchscreative]

[t0rschlusspan1k]

Fred Wilson Tears for Desdemona, 2015 Sculpture Murano glass and light bulbs 94.9 x 74.9 x 74.9 cm

[samathy-000]

I truly am pedantic but at the same time there is no joy greater than spending six hours in a murano glass shop and learning all about this art you had never heard of before because one of your beloved teachers is a collector of the stuff

[paulinecroze]

Mediterranean Bedroom - Guest Large tuscan guest light wood floor and brown floor bedroom photo with green walls and no fireplace

[design-is-fine]

Fulvio Bianconi, Glass bottle, 1955.  Blown glass. Made by Venini & Co. Via Maas Museum.

The Paduan artist Fulvio Bianconi joined the Venetian glassworks in about 1948 and was its most influential designer throughout the 1950s. His figures, sculptural vases and vessels decorated with abstract patterns, often inspired by modern art, brought Venini recognition at the Venice Biennale and Milan Triennale. 

[blistexenthusiast]

amber glass Venetian intaglios

[dozydawn]

1930s Opalescent Foil and Dragon’s Breath Beaded Bib Necklace with Ornate Solid Brass Book Chain

[mastomysowner]

Murano glass mouse with silver

[frabecks]

Tile - Roofing Large tuscan brown two-story mixed siding house exterior photo with a hip roof and a tile roof