Murano Glass Animal Sculptures

This great pair of white Murano glass bird sculptures is probably designed by Livio Seguso for Seguso Arte Vetro in the early 1970s. Both abstracted birds are in mint condition and ...

Beautiful Murano Glass sculpture designed and fabricated by Alberto Donà in Italy in the 80's. This fish is hand blown and crafted in very nice colors. Originally signed with "Albe...

This listing features a beautiful yellow and green stripped fish with silver leaf flake details. Murano glass dates back to the 6th century AD with the island of Murano becoming a pr...

A modern Venetian penguin Art sculpture in blown Murano glass, a very cute realistic representation with an arched back to give movement to the animal, the...

Large Murano glass bird / duck sculpture on base by Cenedese studio for Murano Glass, circa 1980s. This is a beautiful piece that is in very good vintage condition with no chips or s...

Striking Murano fish glass glass sculpture, circa 1950s. Piece measures 5.25" high by 6" wide by 1.5" deep. Unsigned and in very good vintage condition.

Scultura di pesce ornamentale in vetro di Murano. Questo tipo di oggetto è un esempio di artigianato veneziano, rinomato per la sua maestria e i disegni intricati. La scultura è rea...

The cobalt and clear glass shark is taking a dive while supported on a wavy base. With the artisan's iconic broad band of color. Etched signature Gino Cenedese Murano on the base, c...

Attributed to Archimede Seguso Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Design blown Murano glass rooster sculptures, high quality of craftsmanship with triple-layer overlaid body in cryst...

Abstract Murano smoke color glass fish sculpture by Licio Zanetti. The fish is signed on the bottom and has beautiful smoke color opalescent glass. The piece is signed on the bottom....

Small Murano bird Italian vintage glass bird figurine from Murano with intricate patterns. Very good condition, no chips or cracks.

Eye-catching pair of bulls in fighting position. They are made of Murano glass and carry a checkered black and white pattern. This pair of bulls has different dimensions: the small ...

Made in Murano, Italy, 1960s. It is made in Murano glass and it is ascribable to Archimede Seguso for its colors. This piece is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition and ready to become a piece in a home. Literature: "L'Arca di vetro - La collezione di animali di Pierre Rosenberg...

This charming Murano glass bull sculpture exemplifies the creativity and craftsmanship of Venetian glassmaking in the mid-20th century. Small in scale but striking in presence, the p...

Extraordinary object d'Art with big size, an exceptional rare canopic jar by Formia in blown Murano glass that bring enthusiasm for the subject and the exe...

This Pair of whimsical vintage Murano glass Rabbit figurines is a very rare find for collectors and enthusiasts alike. The exquisite design features adorable bunnies shapes crafted f...

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass multicolor tall pheasant circa 1950.

This enchanting avian sculpture is a superlative example of mid-century Venetian glass artistry, handcrafted in the 1960s by the esteemed furnace of Gino Cenedese. Exemplifying the w...

Incredible and large sculptural group of Murano glass by ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO 1950 bicolor with air bubbles fishes.

This very expressive crested crane art glass sculpture, from the 1970s, is a true jewel-like work of art, in sophisticated blown Murano glass, with overlaid stripes decor in red, blu...

Beautiful pink Murano glass decorative statue made in the 1950s by a great Italian master glassmaker. The sculpture represents the figure of a very pretty turtle in a very beautiful light pink colour. The figure is stylised: in fact, we can distinguish the head, four legs, tail and shell, but the actual details cannot be distinguished, a very good sculpture. The shell is all pink...

Seguso Seashell Murano glass gold leaf inclusions, 1950, Italy.

Murano, Italy, 1960s. It is ascribable to Seguso and it is made in murano glass. This piece is vintage, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered as in ...

incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass bottle for Luxardo in two colors circa 1950.

1970’s Italian clear murano glass fish sculpture by Seguso. In good original vintage condition no chips, Some scratches on the underside of base. They might be able to be polished...

Incredible Archimede Seguso "rubino" Murano glass with gold and air bubbles inside the glass circa 1950.

Dino Martens for Vetreria Aureliano Toso, Golden Dove pair, Murano, Italy, 1940s. Rare early Dino Martens (1894-1970) for Vetreria Aureliano Toso; Colombella...

Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...

This very expressive flying bird art glass sculpture, from the 1970s, is a true work of art, in sophisticated blown Murano glass, with decor in purple, creme, gold and green. Meas...

Incredible ALBARELLI Murano glass multicolor with silver and gold circa 1950 fish.

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...

Incredible pair of pheasants in Murano glass bicolor by ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO 1950. Unique pieces. Perfect.

1980’s Italian clear Murano glass hummingbird sculpture by Licio Zanetti. Signed Zanetti L. Measurements: 15” wide 2.75” deep and 11” high.

Vintage Italian Murano glass cat sculpture with multiple colors uniquely executed through submersion of the glass in Sommerso technique by Maestro Rom...

'MAIALINO', MODEL NO. 2485 NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI for Venini 1928 Lightly iridescent hand-blown and applied 'pulegoso' glass.Height 17, length 27cm LITERATURE Compare Anna Venini ...

Made in Italy, 1990s. This duck is made in Murano glass with gold leaf and murrines. It has its original signature and it is in excellent original condition. Measures: Width 13 cm D...

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass 'rubino oro' circa 1950 cock.

Murano glass carp Is a beautiful glass decorative object, realized by Murano manufacture following the japanese style in the late 20th Century. This object belongs to the exclusiv...

Murano glass fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with brown, amber, yellow and blue tones. Made in Italy, 20th century (Includes sticker and signature) Di...

The jellyfish is the main element of the Mosche Bianche's "Medusa" Collection: fluid, delicate but also dangerous and deadly. It represents the water, the circle of life. The spe...

In this listing you will find a very rare Murano art glass figurine of a blue fish with the black stripes. It was designed by Ken Scott for V...

The transparent and red Murano glass sculpture, with gold glass insertions, depicts a subject from the animal kingdom, specifically a lobster. The object was made pincer forged and i...

Aqua blue molded glass tileby Napoleone Martinuzzi (1892-1977) circa 1930 for Venini, molded mark 'NM', depicting a wounded gazelle . An example of this model was employed in a flo...

Franco Lapini exquisite seal sculpture is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel, the purple Murano glass gracing a st...

Italian fish sculpture hand blown and crafted in multiple colors of Murano glass, not signed. Made in Italy in the 1950s-1970s. Measures: Heig...

Incredible Archimede Seguso Murano glass sculpture in "sfumato oro" bird circa 1950.

Deco' panther sculpture in blown Murano glass from the 1940s. Transparent glass base, stylised panther sculpture in black glass, completely handmade. In excellent condition.

Scultura artigianale di cigno in vetro di Murano. La scultura è realizzata a mano da maestri vetrai di Murano, Italia. Presenta un elegante design rosa con curve aggraziate e detta...

Incredible and large pheasant in Murano glass multicolor with air bubbles and gold attributed to Barovier &Toso, perfect. Unique piece.

Marvelous pair of Murano glass fishes by Seguso.   

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Salviati & C Measures: Violet : 33 long x 10 high x 5.5 depth Green: 30 long x 9 high x 5.5 depth The lawyer Antonio Salviati and his dream In 1859 in his premises at Number 731 of Dorsoduro, Venice the “Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo” company was established. This is when, Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati started the entrepreneurial career, moved by a passion for the precious mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco and fascinated by Murano glass art, he decided to start-up his own production of mosaics and objects in Murano glass. An ambitious and far-sighted goal pushed him along this path: to revive the fate of Murano glass production that has been fallen for decades. A challenge which finds the maximum support from two fundamental figures in the history of Murano glass: the mayor of the island, Antonio Colleoni, and the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, founder of the glass museum and of the first art school for glass masters. The first successes and international investments The launchpad was the “First Glassmakers’ Exhibition” in 1864 in which Salviati participated with a monumental mosaic that earns him a prize superior to the Gold Medal. The success achieved affirmed the credibility of the Company which thus started its glass production in Palazzo da Mula. The new corporate and productive reality needed investors and the lawyer started to internationalise the company by addressing the economic and financial market across the Channel. The UK immediately showed huge interest in Salviati’s mosaics – as testified by the mosaic that can be seen on the façade of the current Apple Store in Regent Street, London. It was also in London, on 21st December 1866, that the “Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C.” was established with the support of diplomat Sir Austen Henry Layard and historian William Drake. The new corporate set-up was further established with the purchase of a new headquarter, this time on the Riva dei Vetrai in Murano. The universal show of Paris in 1867 celebrated the relaunch project of Antonio Salviati “Venice owes a debt of gratitude to the knight Salviati in the resurgence for one of the most legitimately famous of its industries”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 275. “Venice and Italy have gain huge success in the Universal Exhibition. The resurgence of one of the city’s most famous industries is consecrated in this very occasion by the gold medal awarded by the jury to Mr Salviati […] the crowd […] is gathering around the display cases that hold those pieces of glass that are so transparent and so light as to appear like woven air, impregnated, when in their elegant forms that become rainbows of those iridescent reflections that cover them at the artist’s whim – the author of a real ray of sunshine from the beautiful and splendid Venice”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 311 The fundamental role of training in murano glass Training plays a fundamental role for the Company; attendance at the Art School was made compulsory for “[…] all the young workers of the Factory who don’t only tire themselves in manual work. This was established with the idea not only to lift their dignity and their initially limited aspirations, […] but also to improve their artistic education and thereby facilitate an improvement also in their economic situation”. Together with the art school, a free school was also set up to teach all employees to read and write. Diversification in production and made-to-measure projects In a short time, Salviati & C. diversified its production to include glasses, cups, amphoras, and vials which guaranteed the first prize in the universal exhibition for three consecutive years. Its mosaic production also flourished, being used in world-class projects: from the Houses of Parliament in London, to the Viceroy’s palace in Alessandria in Egypt, to the Opera House of Paris, including the private homes of wealthy New York personality. The entire 19th century for Salviati & C. was represented by development, success and fame in the national and international markets, and the Company became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. The Salviati legacy at the turn of the century On the death of Antonio Salviati in 1890, first his three children followed one another at the helm of the company and then Maurizio Camerino, previously general manager. It was thanks to him that the decorative mosaic project of the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto (California, USA) took place after 12 years of work. As well as the opening of a sales point in Via Montenapoleone in Milan and the institution of a museum collection of Murano glass from the 19th and 20th centuries. The post-war years, biennials and lighting After Maurizio Camerino’s death in 1931, his three children took over the helm of the company: its solid foundations allowed them to strive for new important goals in the art world, participating in the Biennials of 1932 and 1934. Not even the Second World War could tarnish the strength of the Salviati brand: in the post-war years Renzo Camerino renewed the ruined production headquarter and enthusiastically restored all his commercial contacts. Thanks to his grandson Renzo Tedeschi (newly graduated in Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin and upon his return from an apprenticeship in the United States), Salviati launched its production in lighting appliances. The following years saw intense growth in the number of collaborations with renowned artists and designers. In 1959, the production site was moved to Fondamenta Radi 16, where it still stands today. The great lighting projects The larger production area allowed the company to further expand the international market in the field of architectural lighting. A number of projects were undertaken, such as the 9-tonne, 22-metres high chandelier in the Chamber of Commerce in Parma, the ceiling illumination in the premises of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva and the Kowloon Hotel in Hong Kong; not to mention the sound-absorbing windows of the Aula Nervi in the Vatican and the lighting system of the great honour hall of the Philippine Plaza Hotel in Manila in collaboration with architect John Marsteller. The reputation of Salviati & C. was further affirmed by the commission – after an international call for bids – for twelve 11-metre high chandeliers for the Tonhalle concert hall in Dusseldorf, made using an innovative system of modular glass elements – “LS- System” – one of the today company’s cornerstones. Salviati from the modern age to the present The story of Salviati continues in the modern era, keeping the focus on creating an innovative style that had distinguished it since its inception. Participation in international exhibitions increased, such as the Venice Biennials from 1958 to 1972 (the final year in which Murano glass was allowed) thanks to projects by designers of the calibre of Betha and Teff Sarasin, Claire Falkestein, and Luciano Gaspari. In 1962 Salviati was awarded with the highest recognition in the Design world, the “Compasso d’Oro” prize assigned by A.D.I. for the Marco vase designed by architect Sergio Asti. In 1965 the company changed its name to Salviati & C. s.p.a.; then it was purchased by the Gruppo Ferruzzi in 1987 which later on it was transferred to a French company. Since 2015 the company returned to be Venetian with the acquisition by the Umana group. Salviati and its designers Salviati’s designers: Luciano Gaspari, Sergio Asti (Compasso d’Oro 1962), Claire Falkenstein, Ward Bennet, Teff and Betha Sarasin, Ingo Maurer, Ross Lovegrove, Amanda Levete, Tom Dixon, Nigel Coates, Thomas Heatherwick, Luca Nichetto, Ben Gorham...

Incredible Archimede Seguso "sfumatto oro"sculpture in Murano glass circa 1950. Museo.

This large vintage Murano glass sculpture is a mid-century Italian craftsmanship that takes the elegant form of a stylised fish. Hand-blown in the 1960s, it features a fluid, abstrac...

Incredible Archimede Seguso 'sfumatto oro' Murano glass with applied parts and gold pheasant circa 1950.

Incredible BARBINI Murano glass bicolor with gold and bubbles circa 1950 cock.

A real museum piece. Age approx. 1963-72. Provenience: The piece was part of the museum collection (sample collection) of Gino Cenedese company. Execution: Ermanno Nason. Height:...

Incredible Murano glass Venini signature gray pigeon circa 1950.

Murano fish sculpture by Sergio Costantini for Vetro Artistico Murano with amber, blue, pink and green Murano glass. Made in Italy, 20th Century (includes sticker and signature). Dim...

Very nice Murano sculpture Signed Perfect condition.

Set of three hand blown murano glass vases "Birds of Paradise" by Jeremy R Cline.