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'Oriente' vase bowl and beaker
glass
c. 1950s
Dino Martens designer
Aureliano Toso glassmaker
Murano, Italy

#handmade #glass #art #studioglass #artglass #MuranoGlass #Murano #Venice #Italy #VenetianGlass #ItalianGlass #DinoMartens #1950s #OrienteGlass #AurelianoToso #modernglass #modernism #mcm
September 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Sharing from my shop account -- I listed this gorgeous Italian art glass bowl last night and I’m slightly tempted to keep it. ♥️
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thehideaway.bsky.social The Timeless Hideaway @thehideaway.bsky.social · Feb 20
Just added this IL Quadrifoglio Italian art glass square bowl to my Etsy shop. There’s something about the shape and the luminous glass that feels modern and timeless at the same time. tinyurl.com/5drbfn55

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February 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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'Moon Fish' sculpture
glass
1954
design by Flavio Poli (1900-1984)
for Seguso Vetri in Murano

#glass #artglass #glasssculpture #moonfish #flaviopoli #design #segusovetri #murano #italianglass #muranoglass #handmade #art #sculpture #mcm #vintage1950s #glassart #italiandesign
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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A 'Murrine Romane' vase
glass
1936
Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978)
in collaboration with
Paolo Venini (1895-1959)
Venini, Murano, Italy

#glass #glassart #handmade #oneofakind #vase #murrineromane #carloscarpa #paolovenini #murano #muranoglass #italianglass #artglass #circa1936 #
The Roman Murrine series of 1936 defined a crucial development in Scarpa’s analysis of structure and of decoration. Conceived together with Paolo Venini, whose collection of ancient Roman vessels provided reference for inspiration, the series was revealed in 1936 at both Venice Biennale and Milan Triennale. Scarpa’s enthusiasm for ancient Roman forms is well-documented, and the earlier works produced first at M.V.M. Cappellin and those later at Venini assessed Classical forms and carefully-manipulated surfaces that referenced the Antique. This series evolved from analysis of Roman mosaic patterns, and of ancient fused-murrine glass vessels. The Roman Murrine technique required the fusing together of cubic elements of glass murrine, and was thus Scarpa’s first analysis of glass vessels that were assembled, or built, rather than objects that were simply blown. The archaic personality of these vessels was further enhanced by light surface polishing that emphasized – rather than eliminated – the artisanal personality of construction. As such, the Roman Murrine series introduced a new dialogue to Scarpa’s creativity, and inaugurated the analysis of murrine structures that would reach apotheosis with the Murrine Opache, Laccati Neri e Rossi, and Murrine Transparenti vessels exhibited at the XXII Venice Biennale, 1940.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Vase
hand blown glass
1950s
Barovier & Toso, Murano
Italy

#artglass #muranoglass #barovierandtoso #murano #italy #italianglass #modernism #studioglass #glassart #art #oneofakind #vintage1950s
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Just a trifle!

#technology #retro
#italianglass
Retro Italian everyday glassware bought from original owner when they moved into age care.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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"Saragossa"
hand blown glass
1954
Dino Martens design
Aureliano Toso
Murano, Italy

#murano #muranoglass #handblown #glass #artglass #italianglass #sculpture #art #glasssculpture #dinomartens #aurelianotoso
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Murrine vase
hand blown glass
1963
Antonio da Ros designer
for Cenedese, Murano

#glass #art #glassart #artglass #studioglass #handmade #oneofakind #vase #murrine #antoniodaros #cenedese #murano #muranoglass #venice #italy #italianglass #modernism #mcm #moderndesign #italiandesign
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Emerald Empoli genie bottle magic ✨
Pressed floral body, hobnail stopper, and that iconic Italian glow. 22.5" tall and stamped “Made in Italy.”
💸 $95 — DM to Hold
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November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Vintage Art Glass Millefiori Candy Cane Paperweight https://tuppu.net/edda15c ##Shopify##WainfleetTradingPost##ItalianGlass
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Modern vase
hand blown glass
circa 1960s
design Gio Ponti
Morandiana series
Vetreria Venini
Murano, Italy

#handmade #handblown #glass #artglass #glassart #muranoglass #venini #vetreria #murano #italy #italianglass #modernglass #modernism #giopontidesign #morandianaseries #veniniglass #moderndesign
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Modern vase
hand blown glass
circa 1950s
Anzolo Fuga, A.V.E.M.
Murano, Italy

#glass #glassart #glassvase #modernglass #mcm #moderndesign #handmade #handblown #muranoglass #venetianglass #italianglass #avem #anzolofuga #modernism #italianmodernism #italiandesign #artglass #studioglass #oneofakind
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Venini Vase
Dama series
hand-blown glass murrine
circa 1950
Paolo Venini

#glass #art #glassart #handmade #unique #oneofakind #italianglass #muranoglass #venini #murano #italia #damaseries #paolovenini #circa1950
September 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Hand blown glass vase
1962
Thomas Stearns designer
Venini, Murano

#thomasstearns #venini #murano #glass #italianglass #muranoglass #glassart #artglass #venice #venetianglass #modernism #moderndesign #handmade #handblown #oneofakind #sculpturalglass #veninimurano #italia #facciatedivenezia #art
Hand blown glass vase of yellow and amber and colourless crisrallo murrine with a yellow nucleus. Surface with iridised finish. 'Facciate di venezia' (facade of venice), a free-blown, applied and iridized glass sculptural vase. Thomas Stearns, for Venini, 1962, model 2111 acid stamp: Venini murano ITALIA
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Glass 'bird' sculpture
Alessandro Pianon designer
Vistosi
Murano, Italy
circa 1960

#glass #artglass #glassart #murano #italy #italianglass #muranoglass #vistosi #vetri #venice #venetianglass #handmade #art #alessandropianon #design #moderndesign #italiandesign
a 'Pulcino' blown glass 'bird' sculpture with murrine glass applied 'eyes', and with copper legs circa 1960 Vistosi has re-issued many of their vintage designs, so buyer be aware!
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Burlesco vase
designed Pablo Picasso
produced Egido Constantini
Fucina degli Angeli
Murano, Italy
c. 1960

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The Burlesco vase, crafted from Murano glass by Egidio Costantini for Fucina degli Angeli in 1960, is a signed piece that pays homage to Olmec themes. This design stems from the collaboration between Costantini and Pablo Picasso, a partnership that began in 1954. Inspired by Picasso, Costantini revolutionized glass production by creating pieces with thick, compact walls and bold geometric forms, challenging the traditional fragility of glass. Costantini skillfully translated Picasso's ideas, forms, and sketches into remarkable glass sculptures. The Burlesco vase is notably heavy, with pronounced lines and a matte finish.
August 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Fulvio Bianconi
Marghuerite vase
Venini Italy, 1951
glass with internal decoration
Acid stamped venini murano ITALIA
measures 13" high by 5.75" diameter

#venini #fulviobianconi #marghuerite #vase #murano #italy #muranoglass #italianglass #artglass #glassart #art #handmade #limitedseries #circa1951
Vase in thick clear cristallo glass decorated with a daisy motif murrine of lattimo and amethyst glass. The vase is part of a very limited series commissioned by a client in Paris in the 1950s.
August 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Pennellate vase
1942
Venini
Murano, Italy
Carlo Scarpa design

#venini #pennellate #glass #artglass #muranoglass #italianglass #modernglass #mcm #handmade #art #carloscarpa #vase
August 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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'Morosina' sculptural vase
white and black glass
Ettore Sottsass
Vistosi
1974

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VASE, model 'Morosina', designed 1974 for Vistosi, limited edition of 250. Ettore Sottsass, 'Morosina' vase, 1974, Made by Vetreria Vistosi, Murano. Overlaid glass, colorless and white, attached ribbons made of black glass. Marked: E. SOTTSASS 202/250 Vistosi Barovier / Bischofberger / Carboni, Sottsass Glass works, Stuttgart 1998, p. 16. Number 202 from a limited edition of 250 White and black glass. Signed, inscribed and numbered below: E. SOTTSASS 201/250 VISTOSI.Ø 14 cm; H 39 cm.
July 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Pezzati vase
hand blown glass
Fulvio Bianconi
for Venini, Murano
Italy
circa 1950s

#pezzati #vase #glass #artglass #glassart #handblown #vintage1950s #fulviobianconi #venini #murano #muranoglass #venice #italy #italianglass #modernglass #abstract #design #modernism #art #moderndesign #oneofakind
Italian glass designer Fulvio Bianconi was born in 1915 in Padua. He began his career as an apprentice in the Murano glass furnaces under the direction of Michael Pinto and worked with a variety of Milan’s publishers—including Mondadori, Bompiani, and Garzanti—as an illustrator and graphic designer. Bianconi met Paolo Venini in 1946, an encounter that led to his extensive collaboration over several years with Venini’s Murano-based glass house, a pioneer of 20th-century glass production. With Venini, Bianconi created strikingly colored, simply shaped, often organically inspired objets d’art, vases, as well as lighting, such as the alluringly biomorphic Fazzoletto series (1948) and the multicolored Pezzati vases (1950), which call to mind abstract paintings. Bianoconi’s midcentury work is included in numerous prestigious collections, including Indianapolis Museum of Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington; the Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and, in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; and Corning Museum of Glass. Bianconi passed away in 1996. One of the most famous post-war Italian graphic designers, Fulvio Bianconi began his career learning the art of decorating glass at the workshops of Murano under the directorship of Michael Pinto, where he returned later in life to begin his fruitful product design career and establish Murano as the place for production of artistic glass around the globe. Before his innovations, glass had been used for utilitarian purposes. Bianconi pushed the limits of glassmaking in the traditional sense and material of glass itself by transforming it in both theory and practice. His works—lamps, vases, and sculptural objects—were developed coming out of his illustrious graphic design positions at some of the most prestigious publishing houses in Italy, who allowed him to create work for the sake of exploration.
July 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Mosaico Vase
glass
Ercole Barovier
Murano, Italy
circa 1925

#glass #art #handmade #handblown #artglass #muranoglass #mosaico #ercolebarovier #murano #venice #italy #italianglass #artdeco #earlymodernism #glassart #artdecodesign
July 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Vase
inciso and sommerso glass
Alfredo Barbini
Murano Venice Italy
circa 1960

#alfredobarbini #muranoglass #glassart #venice #italy #italianglass #mcm #handmade #craft #art #glassblowing #inciso #sommerso #handblown #vintage1950s #venetianglass #modernglass #modernism #moderndesign #flaviobarbini
Alfredo Barbini, a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had I been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers. Alfredo Barbini began learning the art of glass at the age of ten at Abate Zanetti, the design school attached to the Murano Glass museum. He then went on to work for Ferro Toso, Cristalleria Murano, Zecchin-Martinuzzi, Seguso Vetri'dArte and Vetri Artistici Muranesi Societa Anonima. In 1946 he became a partner at Cenedese, and then began Barbini Glassworks in 1950. Some financial assistance for setting up the factory was provided by Salviati. In exchange, Barbini supplied Salviati with some of the glassware they produced. This explains why some known Barbini designs can be found with Salviati labels. Barbini has become renowned for his heavy, thick sculptural forms which have won him many awards. In 1952 Alfredo's daugher Oceania Barbini-Moretti joined the glassworks and became the company's sales manager. His son Flavio became a designer for the firm in 1968.
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Luciano Gaspari design for Salviati Murano circa 1960.

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Born in Venice from a family of artists, he started his career as a painter in the 30s, to join the Spatialism art movement in 1951. Between 1955 and 1968 he worked as art director for Salviati creating a fundamental part of the company's collection. In 1959, he initiated a collaboration with Livio Seguso, one of the greatest glass masters at the time, and together they created glass artifacts of superb artistic quality and execution.
June 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Saba
glass
2010
Lino Tagliapietra
Murano, Italy

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Lino Tagliapietra is a world-renowned glass artist and maestro from Murano, Italy, born in 1934. He became an apprentice glassblower at age 11 and earned the title of “Maestro” at 21. Tagliapietra is known for his technical skill, creative experimentation, and bold, patterned pieces that embody classical Muranese techniques.
June 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM