DON'T BE FOOLED BY SELLERS USING QUESTIONABLE SALES TACTICS - BE CAREFUL! SUCH GLASS is NOT AUTHENTIC MURANO or ITALIAN or VENETIAN Or ROMAN GLASS HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE MURANO GLASS An important warning...
Here are some thoughts on what I think are particularly collectable in the fields of ceramics, glass and metalware (stainless steel) made during these two important decades for popular modernist design. This...
The first time I really began to take notice of decorative objects made of glass was when I visited a small craft market where one of the stallholders was a professional engraver. It was obvious to me that she...
Last update: 19 November 2006 Do be careful when buying paperweights. Attributions, especially to classic manufacturers such as Baccarat, St. Louis, and Clichy, are sometimes wrong - not because of any intent...
The superb quality of glass from the Venetian island of Murano has been prized since before the Renaissance. In the fingers, it is so smooth, it's rather like silk, and has the same 'warm' quality, which you...
A 20th Century Glass Guide on Seguso Vetri d'Arte Seguso Vetri d'Arte is probably one of the most well known Murano glass manufacturers. Formed in 1932 by Archimede Seguso, Angelo Seguso, Bruno Seguso,...
Not 100% sure, but thought a recent antique programme said that the pontil mark at base of murano? glass could be oblong shaped with a line through it which clearly identified it.
Venetian glass is the epitome of refinement and transparency, and its fascinating history and legacy dates back more than a thousand years. The oldest document confirming the presence of the glassmaking in ...