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Venetian Antique Murano Yellow Gold Fleck Italian Art Glass Dimple Squared Cruet
By Fratelli Toso, Salviati, Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Kissimmee, FL
pontil mark underneath. Would make a great display piece on any desk, vanity or curio cabinet. Collectors
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Bottles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Studio Scavo Glass Vase in Red, Circa 1990s
By Seguso Vetri d
Arte
Located in Glasgow, GB
experimental scavo finishes and asymmetrical forms. The base retains its unpolished pontil mark, further
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
$175 Sale Price
36% Off
Murano Barovier Toso Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ribbed Pitcher Vase
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
bottom of the piece, so I have taken a photo of it. It is polished with a pontil mark in the middle
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Venini Attributed Mid-Century Mezza Filigrana Art Glass Vase
By Venini
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
skirted foot with the fine-colored threads extending from the pontil mark. The vase, of tall, bottled
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier
Toso Bullicante Clear and Gold Foil Murano Glass Flower Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, and a polished pontil mark to the base.
Simply a wonderful Barovier flower vase!
Date:
Mid-20th
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Glass Perfume Bottle, 1950s – Handcrafted Italian Art Glass
Located in Hamburg, DE
condition, with no damage, and has a distinctive pontil mark on the underside, a hallmark of its handblown
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Murano Sapphire Blue Control Bubbles Gold Flecks Flowers Italian Art Glass Vase
By Seguso Vetri d
Arte, Barovier Seguso
Ferro, Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
flat, with circular pontil mark in the center. Measures: 8" tall x 6" wide at the base.
Company
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Paolo Venini Signed Murano Sommerso Blue Inciso Technique Italian Art Glass Vase
By Paolo Venini, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Italia" 3 line acid etched mark underneath, and inside the circular concave pontil mark. The texture is
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bristol Glass Black Amethyst Blown Glass Hand Enameled Bird Vases, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
edging. Distinct Pontil marks on the underside of the base, made by the rod which is used by the artisans
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique ABP American Brilliant Period Cut Glass Tea Caddy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
cut decoration throughout.
The base has a star polished pontil mark.
Simply a rare and wonderful
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Murano Rainbow Aventurine Flecks Swirl Ribbons Italian Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Dino Martens, Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
pontil mark as well as a polished base underneath. Would make a great display piece on any desk, vanity
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Ribbon
Continental Stylish Mid-Century Purple
White Art Glass Vase
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
neck in handle form. The vase has a recessed polished pontil mark and is not marked. Very much an
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
A scarce collection of three Japanese Meiji ice cup drinking glasses
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
foot with rough pontil mark; the second on a black glass foot polished flat with a rough recessed
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Austrian Art Deco Silver Plate
Cut Glass Casket or Table Box
By Moser Glassworks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
top, and with a mold blown and cut body with a faceted star-cut pontil mark to its base.
Simply a
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Unusual Venetian ‘Pinecone’ Smoked Art Glass Vase
By Antonio Salviati
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
edge and is blown in brown smoked glass. The base has a recessed broken pontil mark and the glass
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
George II Wine Drinking Glass Balustroid Knopped Stem with Tear, Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
off pontil mark to the underside.
There are no chips, cracks or any evidence of restoration
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Barware
Materials
Glass
George 11nd Balustroid Wine Drinking Glass Bell Bowl Knopped Stem, Circa 1740
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
foot having a rough snapped off pontil mark to the underside.
Dimensions in Inches:
Bowl diameter
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Barware
Materials
Glass
Paolo Venini Murano Signed Blue Inciso Technique Italian Art Glass Flower Vase
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
pontil mark. The texture is created by very thin horizontal cuts to the glass, a technique called "Inciso
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$4,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Antique Nautical or Maritime Blown Glass Ship Decanters
Located in Philadelphia, PA
knob handles.
Each has a polished pontil mark to the base.
Simply a great pair of glass decanters
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Georgian Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
18th C Georgian Wine Drinking Glass Facet Cut Stem Hand Blown, Ca 1785
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
snapped off pontil mark to the underside, which has been ground smooth. There are no chips, cracks or any
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Glass
Materials
Glass
Venetian Art Glass Vase Bottle Gold Pulled Feather Fenicio Aventurine Blue Deco
Located in Palm Beach, FL
tortoise colored glass body. A clear glass bottom pedestal or foot with rich gold aventurine and pontil
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Extremely Rare French 17th Century Brandy Bottle
Located in Middleburg, VA
surface of blues, violets, and silvery greens. The base exhibits a pronounced pontil mark and an applied
Category
Antique 17th Century Baroque Nautical Objects
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-18th Century Georgian tall Wine Glass hand-blown Cotton Twist opaque Stem
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
having a rough snapped off pontil mark to the underside.
There are no chips, cracks or any evidence of
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Boho Green Glass Spheres - Set of 8
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
natural variations in glass thickness, tiny trapped air bubbles, and hand-finished pontil marks reflect
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Globes
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Boho Art Glass Vase After Murano
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
patina and no major defects. The natural bubbles, pontil mark, and internal swirling are hallmarks of its
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Dino Martens Murano Multi-Color Oriente Italian Art Glass Fan Shape Flower Vase
By Dino Martens, Aureliano Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
aventurine flecks that glitter in any light. It has an inverted pontil mark and signs of wear to the bottom
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Large Victorian Green Glass Dump Weight with Flowering Stems
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
bubble center. The weight is of tall, rounded shape with a flat finished base with a rough central pontil
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Arculus Close Concentric Millefiori Glass Paperweight
By Whitefriars, Clichy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
antiquarians label and broken pontil mark to the base.
Simply a wonderful Old English paperweight!
Date
Category
Early 20th Century British Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Mid-18th Century Wine Glass Hand Blown Cotton Twist Stem, English C 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
to a good conical foot having a rough snapped off pontil mark to the underside.
There are no chips
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George III Barware
Materials
Glass
George II English Wine Drinking Glass Engraved Bell Bowl Hand Blown, Circa 1745
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
thick solid stem which leads to a good wide conical foot having a rough snapped-off pontil mark to the
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Barware
Materials
Glass
Glass Millefiori Vasart Brothers Paperweight Hand Blown, Scotland Ca 1950s
By Vasart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
very distinctive weight.
The pontil mark to the base has been ground down giving a somewhat matt
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Glass Millefiori Vasart Paperweight Hand Blown, Scotland circa 1960
By Vasart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
excellent contrast producing a very distinctive weight.
The pontil mark to the base has been ground down
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
CLEARANCE SALE MCM Murano Glass Vide-Poche, Bullicante
Aventurine
Located in Warrenton, OR
may be an off-center pontil mark -- same shape, unusual location.
The colors in this piece present
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$148 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Venetian Murano Art Glass Bowl Centerpiece Gold Enamelled Blue Baroque
By Artisti Barovier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
exquisite venetian art glass bowl is marked on the bottom with a 6 prong pontil mark attesting to the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Gold Leaf
Barovier Seguso
Ferro Italian Art Glass Figurine - Woman with 2 Rearing Horses
By Barovier Seguso
Ferro, Seguso Vetri d
Arte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
is missing. There are no other chips, cracks, or repairs noted. With a pontil mark to the chest and
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Flavio Poli / I.V.A.M Murano Art Glass Nude Woman Figurine with Fruit
Flowers
By Flavio Poli, Barovier, Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
:
There is a pontil mark from the making to the back of her neck, to the ends of some vines and flowers
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Regency Pair Cut Glass Covered Butter Dishes with Stands
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
around 1825. The dishes are of wide rounded shape with narrow round cut bases with polished pontil marks
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Georgian Ale or Wine Drinking Glass Hand-blown Cotton Twist Stem, English c 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
pontil mark to the underside.
There are no chips, cracks or any evidence of restoration.
Dimensions
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Barware
Materials
Glass
Victorian Cranberry glass jug, hand blown, 1800
Located in Worcester Park, GB
skilled glassblowing techniques with its smooth, rounded design.
The authentic pontil mark on the base
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Pitchers
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid-18th Century Cordial Wine Glass Hand Blown Cotton Twist Stem, English C 1765
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
outside a central lace twist. The stem leads to a good wide conical foot having a rough snapped off pontil
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George III Barware
Materials
Glass
18th C George 11nd Tall Wine Drinking Lead Glass Solid Stem and Tear, C 1750
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
foot having a rough snapped-off pontil mark to the underside.
There are no chips, cracks or any
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Barware
Materials
Glass
Sonja Blomdahl Large Handblown Art Glass Sphere Vessel Vase Incalmo Pilchuck
By Sonja Blomdahl 2
Located in Portland, OR
orange glass & having an aperture to the center. The vessel has a ground pontil mark and marked with an
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
CLEARANCE SALE Vintage Murano Glass Fish by V Nason, Italy, Original label
By Vincenzo Nason
Cie
Located in Warrenton, OR
not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there seemed a risk that doing so could
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$108 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Fish Sculpture by V. Nason
By Vincenzo Nason
Cie
Located in Warrenton, OR
not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there seemed a risk that doing so could
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bohemian Ruby Flash Glass Goblet after Carl Günther
By Gunther
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
pontil mark to the centre of a flat polished base. A thick solid glass stem supports a goblet shaped bowl
Category
Antique 19th Century Czech Bohemian Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Paul Ysart Glass Paperweight with Py Cane Early Period, Scotland Circa 1930s
By Paul Ysart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
the letters out of line, often with a dropped Y . )
The pontil mark to the base has been partly
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Rare Queen Anne Heavy Baluster Wine Drinking Glass, English Circa 1710
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
wide conical folded foot having a rough snapped-off pontil mark to the underside.
Similar glasses are
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Glass
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Lenti Bowl with Blue Swirl and Gold Polveri, by Fratelli Toso
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
often polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold
Murano Glass Bowl, Alfredo Barbini or Seguso, Aqua Green
Yellow
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
often polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl / Dish with Gold, Large, Rare / Hard to Find
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
often polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Glass Pink Opaline/Sommerso Geode Bowl by Oball, with Original Label
By Atelier Oball
Located in Warrenton, OR
polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Opaline Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Glass Opaline Yellow Bowl with Gold Polveri/Fleck
Located in Warrenton, OR
often polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
50s-60s Murano Glass Rigaree Perfume Bottle with Gold Polveri - Barovier
Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
often polished, but not always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bottles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Rigaree Bullicante Bowl with Gold Polveri - Barovier
Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there seemed a risk that doing so could
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Blue
White Murano Glass Bowl with Copper Aventurine by Fratelli Toso
By Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
Murano Glass Sculptural Leaf Bowl with Bullicante
Located in Warrenton, OR
glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there seemed a risk
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Bowl, Lenti with Aventurine
Swirl
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
always; the glassblower may have decided not to grind a pontil mark down or highly polish a base if there
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper
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Pontil Mark For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pontil mark for your home. A pontil mark — often made from glass, blown glass and art glass — can elevate any home. There are 481 variations of the antique or vintage pontil mark you’re looking for, while we also have 6 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pontil mark, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A pontil mark made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. A well-made pontil mark has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Loetz Glass, A. D. Copier and Empoli are consistently popular.
How Much is a Pontil Mark?
Prices for a pontil mark start at $75 and top out at $15,995 with the average selling for $768.
Questions About Pontil Mark
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Murano glass does indeed have a pontil mark. Murano glass is individually blown in Venice, Italy, and the mark at the bottom is made by the rod used by the artisan when they shape the piece. Shop a collection of Murano glass pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.