In our online research, we have found that Antonio Salviati, the founder and leading exponent of the company, boasts significant auction results. The absolute highlight of the glass pieces was Lot 174, "Important Unique Table Base (c. 1865)," which sold for €10,185 ($12,000) (including buyer's premium: $15,075) on October 6, 2020, at Bonhams New York, USA. Another vase, "Vase vetro lattimo incamiciato," was estimated at €4,650–€5,580, lot 4797, offered by Koller Auctions in Switzerland. Another glass sculpture titled "Pucharek - muszla", lot no. 603, small in size 23.8 x 10.6 cm, was estimated at €3,372 - €4,335 (PLZ 14,000 - PLZ 18,000) by Rempex auction house in Warsaw, Poland. Finally, we found numerous other sculptures and vases, all sold by the French auction house DROUOT-RICHELIEU of Paris, France, at the auction entitled "Tableaux anciens, mobilier & objets d'art - Audap & Associés" held on 04/12/2025 from €700 to €900 excluding the 25-30% auction premium, specifically Lot no. 144 entitled "Aiguière sur piédouche", lot 142 entitled "Coupe polylobée", lot 140 entitled "Vase soliflore", lot no. 139 entitled "Verre" and finally lot 145 entitled "Aiguière dauphin", this to give a general idea of ​​the importance of this ancient Murano manufacture. (By Googling the information about the items we list, especially the title of the auction or sale listing in the same language as ours, the date, the lot number, and the auction house or the name of the selling website, you will most often be able to find and view the items mentioned).

Regarding our specific object, from a strictly commercial perspective, Murano toiletry items and perfumery from the Historicist and Art Nouveau periods enjoy a stable and sought-after international market. Although the object bears no engraved signature, a perfectly legitimate feature since at the time traceability was only possible through fragile paper labels or manufacturer's catalogues, the piece boasts strong collector's value. Its greatest merit lies in the presence of its original contemporary stopper and the absence of chips on the neck, rare details for such ancient apothecary glass or essence bottles. In the catalogues of auction houses specializing in Murano glass and major online galleries of fine antiques, historic bottles of this type, with cameo applications, consistently fetch prices between €180-300 and €400-500, depending on the piece's size and complexity. This is to give a more specific idea of ​​the value of items similar to ours.

The Salviati factory, founded in Murano in 1859 by the Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati, was the driving force behind the renaissance of Venetian artistic glass during the nineteenth century. Known at that time as Compagnia Venezia Murano, the company won over the juries of major Universal Expositions (such as those in Paris and Vienna) with its pioneering reproductions of Roman, Phoenician, and Pompeian glass discovered in archaeological excavations. Under the guidance of extraordinary technicians and excellent master glassmakers, Salviati codified a unique decorative language, centred on the hot application of glass threads, curled handles and cameo studs impressed on opaque glass bodies.