VTG Blue & Green Sommerso Millefiori Murano Art Glass Bowl Ashtray Italy
Presented for your consideration we are pleased to offer this stunning, handmade, rounded square shaped, heavy Italian sommerso millefiori Murano art glass bowl / ashtray. (see below for explanation of terms)
- Beautifully blown in a square shape with soft rounded corners, and a flat base, colored in clear, green, and blue
- Measures 5 3/4" (15cm) Square x 2 1/2" (6.5cm) High
- Quite thick and heavy, weighing 2 lb 8oz
- In very good vintage condition, with a few minor nicks on underside (photo 11), and 2 tiny pin-sized black dots in concave part of bowl (photo 12)
- Please look at all photos as they are an integral part of description
This is a wonderful addition to any room or decor, perfect for use as a cigar ashtray, and we are happy to offer it to market for your pleasure.
MURANO GLASS
Murano glass is a famous product of the Venetian island of Murano. Located off the shore of Venice, Italy, Murano has been a commercial port as far back as the 7th century. By the 10th century, the city had become well-known for its glassmakers, who created unique Murano glass. While Murano glassmakers have settled and operate elsewhere, some say authentic Murano glass is fabricated only in Murano.
Sommerso (lit. "submerged" in Italian), or "sunken glasses", is a form of artistic Murano glass that has layers of contrasting colors (typically two), which are formed by dipping the object in molten glass; the outermost layer, or casing, is often clear. Sommerso was first developed in Murano during the late thirties and was made popular by Seguso d'Arte in the fifties. This process is a popular technique for vases, and is sometimes used for sculptures.
It is believed that glassmaking in Murano originated in 9th century Rome, with significant Asian and Muslim influences, as Venice was a major trading port. Murano’s reputation as a center for glassmaking was born when the Venetian Republic, fearing fire and destruction of the city’s mostly wooden buildings, ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano in 1291. Murano glass is still interwoven with Venetian glass.
Murano's glassmakers were soon the island’s most prominent citizens. By the 14th century, glassmakers were allowed to wear swords, enjoyed immunity from prosecution by the Venetian state, and found their daughters married into Venice’s most affluent families. However glassmakers were not allowed to leave the Republic. Many craftsmen took this risk and set up glass furnaces in surrounding cities and as far afield as England and the Netherlands.
By the end of the 16th century, three thousand of Murano island's seven thousand inhabitants were involved in some way in the glassmaking industry.
Murano’s glassmakers held a monopoly on quality glassmaking for centuries, developing or refining many technologies including crystalline glass enamelled glass (smalto), glass with threads of gold (aventurine), multicoloured glass (millefiori), milk glass (lattimo), and imitation gemstones made of glass. Today, the artisans of Murano are still employing these century-old techniques, crafting everything from contemporary art glass and glass figurines to Murano glass chandeliers and wine stoppers.
Today, Murano is home to a vast number of factories and a few individual artist's studios making all manner of glass objects from mass marketed stemware to original sculpture. The Museo Vetrario (Glass Museum) in the Palazzo Giustinian, which holds displays on the history of glassmaking as well as glass samples ranging from Egyptian times through the present day.
Murano Glass was produced in great quantities in the 1950s and 1960s for export and for tourists.
Special tools are essential for Murano artisans to make their glass. Some of these tools include borselle(tongs or pliers used to hand-form the red-hot glass), canna da soffio(blowing pipe), pontello (an iron rod to which the craftsman attaches the object after blowing in order to add final touches), scagno(the glass-master's workbench) and tagianti (large glass-cutting clippers).
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