Dino Martens in Murano glass 1950s

This exquisite Murano glass Art Deco chandelier, to celebrated designer Ercole Barovier, embodies the Venetian elegance and craftsmanship of the 1930s or 1940s. Its central metal fra...

Hand-designed and hand-made Murano glass of great quality and chrome-plated brass frame. In very good condition. This purse-shaped sculpture is an exclusive Murano glass vase made e...

Seguso of the 1950s, it catches the eye with its distinctive "bullicant" workmanship. The piece presents a rich ruby-red hue in the light, but iridescent dependent on the light refle...

Immerse yourself in timeless elegance with this exquisite crystal glass set by Rocco Bormioli, an icon of Italian design between the 1980s and 1990s. Each piece in this set catches t...

Magnificent ''Tutti Frutti'' bowl or ashtray by Dino Martens for AVEM (Arte Vetraria Muranese). Murano, Italys 1960s. Simply wonderful colours in a transparent white-turquoise Murano...

Incredible center piece in Murano glass by Dino Martens circa 1950 fazzoletto model with applied glass and venturina. Fantastic.

Murano tutti frutti Art glass bowl, vide poche by Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, Italy, 1960s. Multicoloured inside and surrounded with an outer ...

Murano. With silver applications. 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. Technical Avventurina : Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance". The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off. Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature. As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...