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 to...
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...
This glass artist is showing his talents off. He worked with a very famous glassblower in Blackpool for 14 years, since leaving school. This is where he honed his talent, learning his art and craft. Customers...
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...
There are two definitions of Vaseline glass. The European definition describes vaseline glass as any kind of creamy yellow glass shading to white, a colouring which resembles vaseline ointment as it used to...
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 ...