Set of 3 Michele Onesto for Oball fishtail glass vases, made in Murano, Italy circa 2000.
Striking collector's set with vibrant red sommerso core with amber and blue highlights, encased in clear glass. Engraved "Michele Ornesto, Murano" with assorted affixed labels. The fishtail form comes in 3 sizes, and is elegant and modernist. Nice sturdy weight.
Condition:
In excellent vintage condition. No chips or cracks.
Measurements:
Small: 15.5cm tall x 9cm wide x 5cm deep = approx 6" x 3.5" x 2"
Medium: 22cm tall x 10cm wide x 5.5cm deep = approx 8.5" x 4" x 2"
Large: 28cm tall x 15cm wide x 8cm deep = approx 11" x 6" x 3"
These pieces were blown by popular master glassmaker Michele Onesto from Vetreria Artistica Oball. Vetreria Artistica Oball was founded in 1978 on the island of Murano by Luigi Onesto. Luigi was later joined by his sons, Fabio & Michele Onesto. Oball are best known for their very impressive, multi layered sommerso vases, bottles and other objects.
Sommerso is a technique developed on the Italian island of Murano during the late 1930s. It typically has two layers of glass formed by dipping a ‘gather’ of colored glass into another molten glass and then blowing the gather into the desired shape. The result is glass with contrasting colours commonly encased by a clear layer.
Striking collector's set with vibrant red sommerso core with amber and blue highlights, encased in clear glass. Engraved "Michele Ornesto, Murano" with assorted affixed labels. The fishtail form comes in 3 sizes, and is elegant and modernist. Nice sturdy weight.
Condition:
In excellent vintage condition. No chips or cracks.
Measurements:
Small: 15.5cm tall x 9cm wide x 5cm deep = approx 6" x 3.5" x 2"
Medium: 22cm tall x 10cm wide x 5.5cm deep = approx 8.5" x 4" x 2"
Large: 28cm tall x 15cm wide x 8cm deep = approx 11" x 6" x 3"
These pieces were blown by popular master glassmaker Michele Onesto from Vetreria Artistica Oball. Vetreria Artistica Oball was founded in 1978 on the island of Murano by Luigi Onesto. Luigi was later joined by his sons, Fabio & Michele Onesto. Oball are best known for their very impressive, multi layered sommerso vases, bottles and other objects.
Sommerso is a technique developed on the Italian island of Murano during the late 1930s. It typically has two layers of glass formed by dipping a ‘gather’ of colored glass into another molten glass and then blowing the gather into the desired shape. The result is glass with contrasting colours commonly encased by a clear layer.
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