Campaniform Glass On Foot - Murano - Period: First Tiers XXth

Lovely glass, campaniform, on foot, iridescent pink color. Its cut has lobed edges, decorated on the lower rim with a very pretty chain with gold powder inlay.

A ribbed sphere, finely highlighted by six flowers with gold powder inlay, elegantly harmonizes the body of the piece.
Two white handles, decorated with a net worked with pliers on the shoulder underlines the finesse and beauty of the whole.

Period: First third of the 20th century.
Dimensions: Height: 25cm x Width: 14cm x diameter: 12cm

Located north of Venice, in the lagoon, the island of Murano has been famous since the Middle Ages for its art of blown glass.

The activity, essentially geared towards utilitarian production, took a turn in the 15th century thanks to the invention of "crystallo", also known as crystalline glass, attributed to Angelo Barovier.

This transparent glass, purified of all slag and very fine, is sought after throughout Europe. Murano then took a prominent place in the field of glassware, and produced refined and luxurious objects intended for the princely courts.

This has the direct consequence of emulating European glassworks which attempt to reproduce Italian techniques.

The fall of the Republic of Venice at the end of the 18th century led to the decline in glass activity until its revival, thanks to master glassmakers like Lorenzo Radi, in the second half of the 19th century.

Finally, the activity began a new turn, from the 1920s, with the abandonment of historicist styles in favor of experiments leading to a fruitful development of contemporary glassware.

Murano glass tells the story of an ancient art that gives even more prestige to a city like Venice, which has always fascinated for its architecture and for its particularity as a city immersed in a lagoon.