Posted 9 years ago
Rick55
(130 items)
This is the oldest piece of Murano in my collection. It was manufactured by the Venice and Murano Co. circa 1898. It measures 5 1/2" h X 6"w and has 8 applied handles. The type of glass is chalcedony, a variegated opaque glass, red in transparency, with multicolored veins, in imitation of semiprecious stones like streaky agate, natural chalcedony, onyx, malachite, etc. It is obtained by mixing scraps of white opaline glass, colored opaline glass and crystal. Once the fusion is ended, a mixture of coloring compounds is added repeatedly, such as nitrate of silver (which also acts in matting), cobalt oxide, potassium dichromate, etc., that are dispersed by stirring the fusion. The streaking, caused by the oxides, is then further enhanced by the curving motion conferred by final blowing. The most ancient known specimens of chalcedony glass date back to the Roman age and were produced in Alexandria, while the first known mention of chalcedony dates to 1460. This type of glass was greatly successful between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century. Lorenzo Radi brought this glassmaking composition to life once more by presenting it at the Istituto Veneto in 1856, together with other vitreous pastes. I've never seen another early piece, but there are several examples in "Venetian Glass in the 1890s: Salviati at Stanford University" by Carol M. Osborne. Unfortunately, due to the reflective nature of the jar, my pics aren't the best.
It's a REAL STUNNER !!!!!
Gorgeous!!
beautiful and love the handles!!
impression the magic of antiquity.
Soo impressed! Fantastic Rick, and clearly you know your stuff.
~ W ~ O ~ W ~ ....... RICK.
That is a stunner!! Great info you also posted with it. Your collection is just Drop Dead Stunning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great Eyes there!!
Now that is a nice piece of glass!
Thanks for the kind comments and love Vetraio, Craig, Sean, Sergey, Karen, Rose and Mac, and thanks for the love Aghcollect, Iclubem, Paris and Mike, it's all appreciated.
I love the glass itself, Rick, it's so elegant......but the handles are pure fun!!
Thanks so much Peggy. The handles make the piece for me. Also, thanks for the love Ho2.
Thanks for the love Smiata.
Love it...those handles are fantastic!!!...:-)
Thanks for the comment and love Inky, and thanks for the love Fixitjmc, Florida and GlueChip it's all appreciated.
What an amazing piece, absolutely stunning!
Thanks for the kind comment and love Budek, and thanks for the love Inky, Manikin, Ivonne.
thanks for sharing your great knowledge on Murano a wonderful glass
Thanks so much Silvia... Murano glass was my first love before discovering Bohemian glass...
Incredible octopussy! Wow!!!
I know Kyra right, it reminds me of one too! Thanks for the comment and love.
What a cool jar !! Love it ;-)
Thanks Surf, and thanks for the love Budek.