"This hand-blown glass fish figurine is a piece of Italian art glass imported by Oggetti, a Florida-based company that has specialized in high-end Venetian glass since its founding in 1975. The piece features a vibrant "rainbow" design of horizontal stripes in red, blue, green, and yellow, with characteristic gold flake accents often referred to as "aventurene" or "aventurine" for the eyes and tail.
Items bearing the "Oggetti Italy" mark are often mistake for being from a specific glassmaker, but Oggetti is primarily an importer that collaborates with renowned Murano artists such as Livio Seguso, Elio Raffaeli, and Luigi Onesto.
Key Features of Murano Style
Canna (Pipe) Technique: The multicolored vertical stripes are created using glass rods or canes.
Gold Dust (Aventurene): The sparkling gold flecks visible in the fins and eyes are a traditional Murano technique involving the inclusion of copper crystals or gold leaf.
Handcrafted Nature: Each piece is unique, often showing minor imperfections like small air bubbles or slight asymmetries, which are hallmarks of hand-blown artisan work."
Measures approximately 4" long x 2-3/4" tall at tail x 1-5/8" wide.