Vintage MURANO 🇮🇹 Venetian Italian ArT GLaSs Italy SOMMERSO AVENTURINE Massello

Made in
Murano, Italy


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• DIMENSIONS: 5" diameter (12.7 cm) x 3" high

• WEIGHT: 1¾ pounds (795 g)   

• CONDITION: Excellent Vintage: Free from any damage or restoration. In gift, or collector-grade, condition.

• DISCUSSION: Authentic Italian, Murano art glass ashtray made by Barovier & Toso on the island of Murano, Italy--in Venice Bay--circa the 1950s. It's decorated with a layer of pure metallic gold dust (aventurine) over a rich ruby-red color and covered in clear glass (sommerso). It's a stunning and substantial piece of artistic excellence! Shown in both warm and cool lighting to present a range of appearances. Pontil/base is ground-flat, highly polished, and shows the expected shelf wear consistent with age. Though this has lost its original label, our attribution is based on a classic example of their work. As always--from OnMyWatch--it's completely damage-free! Excellent addition to any art glass collection, or a thoughtful gift! 

FULL CONDITION REPORT: We thoroughly inspected this piece and found no cracks, chips, nicks, scuffs, flea bites, flakes, hairlines, notable scratches, or repairs showing no evidence of grinding or restoration. Any natural indentations, bubbles, tool marks, or other natural textural features are all original to this piece and normal for hand-blown glass. Wear to the base is consistent with age. Please review all high-resolution photographs, at full size, in forming your own opinions.

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We're both from a long line of antique collectors. Karen and I have collected art glass for many years.

2. We never sell damaged goods--EVER! We carefully clean & thoroughly examine each piece, write an accurate description, and shoot honest photos. So you can evaluate it almost as if it's in hand! 
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🤥 FAKE Murano Glass? WATCH OUT! 🤨

 ~ “There is today, by far, more FAKE Murano glass on the market than it is genuine!”  ~
 

INVEST IN THE REAL THING: All genuine Murano art glass is made ONLY on the small island group of MURANO, in Venice Bay, Italy. The enclave's closely guarded formulas, techniques, and traditions date back to the thirteenth century—1292. That, and an unparalleled reputation for artistry, quality, and value helps give genuine Murano glass its exclusivity, collectibility, and resultant appreciation factor. So, investing in authentic Murano glass enriches your collection, and never loses value.

Establishing authenticity is of paramount importance, but difficult for the novice, because there is rampant abuse of the trademark name “Murano”. Before 1980, most Murano glass was only usually identified with impermanent paper/foil labels. So the name was easily co-opted by a variety of outside fraudulent glass makers. Post-1980, genuine Murano glass is much more carefully labeled and/or signed. Glass makers with famous Italian names, working in other countries still don't make the authentic 'Murano' glass that carries that genuine value.

WATCH OUT FOR THESE: The most egregious Murano glass fraud is carried out by Chinese manufacturers, cranking out crude, cheap fakes and fraudulently labeling them off as genuine. Be aware that many fakes have counterfeit Murano labels and may even say, 'Made in Italy'.

Fake Brands: They also commonly use misleading labels reading, “Vetro Eseguito Secondo La Tecnica Dei Maestri Di Murano” (Italian words meaning only: “Glass made according to the techniques of the masters of Murano”). They imply that they are made in Murano using their unique skills, which they ARE NOT. These attempts are blatantly fraudulent, injurious to consumers, and highly illegal; but the scale of their fraud overwhelms most country's customs enforcement agencies, including that of the United States and even Italy! These manufacturers, importers, and sellers are trying to CHEAT YOU! Don’t let it happen.

PROTECT YOURSELF: Try to buy from a reputable, knowledgeable dealer, or do your homework and research how to hopefully tell the difference! It takes examining and studying hundreds of examples to know for sure, but here is a quick clue: Fakes are cheap, crude, inferior work, that when labeled almost always say, "Murano" and sometimes even say, "Made in Italy". Murano's work is always very high quality with very few bubbles, if any, unless intentional. Fakes often have random bubbles and seldom metallic inclusions (flakes/dust, a.k.a. aventurine). When they do, it is never real gold. Important is that most fakes are priced very low.
We hope that helps. At OnMyWatch, we are experienced collectors who only offer genuine, vintage Murano art glass! Feel free to message us, with a photo or item number, for our honest opinion.

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