Posted 9 years ago
vetraio50
(755 items)
Seguso is an oft seen, oft used name in Italian glass .... no wonder when you realise that the family can trace its name back to 1397 based on archival material held in Venice. In the twentieth century this tradition continued with the work of Antonio Seguso who was born in 1888. It was Antonio who with Napoleone Barovier and Luigi Ferro, founded Artistica Vetreria e Soffieria Barovier, Seguso and Ferro in 1933.
This company eventually became Seguso Vetri d’Arte, employing all five sons of Antonio Seguso in various roles. One of them was called Archimede (1909-1999) nicknamed - Moro Patar.
Archimede had trained alongside his father, Antonio and worked for various workshops, including the family-run enterprise Seguso Vetri d'Arte (1937-73 and 1976-92) which he left in 1942.
In 1946 Archimede branched out and created his own company: the Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso at 18 Serenella, Murano, Venice, Italy. Following Archimede's death the factory has been run by his son Gino (b. 1943) and grandson Antonio.
A few years ago I bought this large gondola at the Wenty Collectors Fair here in Sydney. In those days it had two labels: one on one side was a Murano glass label and on the base was a sticker of the Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso. You can see the remnants of that sticker in the photos.
The technique is a 'double sommerso' ( Italian "Sommerso" - submerged). This process creates a layered appearance where one coloured layer of glass is covered by another layer of differently coloured glass by repeatedly dipping a gather molten glass of another colour. This technique was invented in Murano in 1930's.
This is an extremely large example of Murano glass. It weighs 5.8 kilos or 12.8 pounds. It measures 40 cm or 15.75" across and 19 cm or 7.5" high.
A room in the home, much like a painting on the wall, should have a focal point. This would do the trick in any room :)
Many thanks COLLECTOMANIAC & HO2CULTCHA !!!!
It seems to have dominated one end of the lounge since it first arrived a few years ago !!!
Awesome piece!
Beautiful Glass -- A fine Art.
~ Love A.S. Glass
Fantastic glass. Thanks for the great information. I copied and pasted the text so I could save it to my Archimede file. Thanks.
Just wonderful.
Archimede was incomparable.
Many thanks KAREN, SKLO, CAPERKID, DEANO & ANTIQUEROSE !!! !!!
Very NICE piece of glass you have here!!!
Many thanks JSCOTT & DON too !!!!!!
How are you DON, mate?
Ho visto un cocomero o anguria no una gondola, jaja bellisimo
Non ce l'hai vista? Però l'anguria c'è, son d'accordo ... e un bel sorriso!
Many thanks KIVATINITZ & AURA too !!! !!!
Thanks for posting. It has truly inspired me.
Dan
You know how I love Murano Kevin, and I love this! It's beautifully executed and oh so large! Is it a paper label? If so, that would date it from the mid 50's.
Many thanks VALENTINO, AGOODWORKS, GEODEGEM, BELLTOWN, SWFINLUV, OFFICIALFUEL, BLUNDERBUSS, IVONNE, RADEGRUNDER, MYFAVORITETREASURES & DJPEDER 'n RICK too for those kind comments !!!!
Many thanks GETTHATMONKEYOUTOFME !!!!
Many thanks NICEFICE !!!!!
stunning vases and collection!!
Many thanks SEAN, ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME & TREY too !!!!!
Many thanks VIOLETORANGE !!!!!
Many thanks GARGOYLECOLLECTOR !!!!!!
Oh boy! What a beautiful sight.
I had a crystal elephant signed by Archimede Seguso. A rommelmarkt find, 2 Euro. It was adopted, via Marktplaats. :-)
Many thanks EFESGIRL ... you know these days days the ones signed are thought to be by his son .... found that out recently researching this one again. Love rommelmarkt browsing here in Oz.
When I first saw it it reminded me of a slice of watermelon...great shape..love it!
Many thanks INKY !!!!
Many thanks VLADIMIR !!! !!! !!!
Many thanks LUNDY !!!!
Many thanks SCOTT !!!!!
Many thanks DJREVERB !!!!!!
Many thanks GLASSIE !!!!
Many thanks MANIKIN !!!!!!!
Thank You for the wonderful Holiday Greetings. I wish you and yours a Very Happy Holidays and may the new year bring forth health, wealth and the promise of a bright and loving future. Thanks again for you warm greetings, they are very appreciated!
Happy new year to you too Vet.This is a truly beautiful piece of seguso's glass.Love it?
Many thanks MAGDALENAGIRL & ANNAB !!!!!
Many thanks VINTAGELAMP & KATHERINESCOLLECTIONS too !!!!!
Many thanks BETTYBOO & MIDNIGHT !!!!!!!!
Many thanks PETEY !!!!
These pieces are fantastic. Something about the sommerso technique that grabs you. It's now that time of year for digging out more of my collection for show and tell. I still have over 130 more pieces to catalog on this site. You have a great collection of high quality glass. Cheers!
Many thanks ARTGLASSFAN .....looking forward to seeing them al !!!!!
Many thanks AUNTMOLLY !!! !!! !!!
Many thanks JUSTONEMORE !!! !! ! !! !!!
Many thanks BIJOUCAILLOU & CINDB !!! !! ! !! !!!
Many thanks DEANO !!! !!! !!!
THANKS SO MUCH NEWFLD. &. RENEDIJKSTRA !!!!
Many thanks VYNIL !!.!!.!!.!!
this is of such a beauty
Thanks again, mate.
Many thanks RICHMONDLORI !.!!!!.!
Many thanks THEJEAN !.!.!
The name alone is exciting, but I love your Art glass.
blue raspberry 53-54 probably , don,t do much hahaha only 4 figures hahaha
Only 4 figures ha ha ….
O my thanks APOSTATA for the LOL and to FREIHEIT for the LOVe !!!!!
well it is quite easy if i say it will do 4 figures nowadays, it will do 4 figures kid