Murano Glass Vase Width: ~24 Height: ~30
From Grandfather. Probably bought in the 1950s?
Good morning, Jad,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A Vintage Murano millefiori glass sea-form vase
Unattributed, possibly Fratelli Tosi, mid 20th Century
30 cm high (11 3/4 inches), 24 cm diameter (9 1/2 inches)
PROVENANCE: acquired from grandfather, who purchased this in probably the 1950s
CONDITION: not examined in person and difficult to assess condition from the photographs.
€700-1,000*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you for using Mearto.
Thanks, Jad, for the additional photograph. It's a beautiful vase and certainly has value based on merit, though as you might imagine, if it were made by a known or famous maker it might have more value.
Based on the photographs and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
A Vintage Murano millefiori glass sea-form vase
Unattributed, mid 20th Century
30 inches high, 24 inches diameter
PROVENANCE: acquired from grandfather, who purchased this in probably the 1950s
CONDITION: not examined in person and difficult to assess condition from the photographs.
$300-500*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you for using Mearto.
Hi Delia!
Thanks for your previous appraisal!
I was wondering if you could please reappraise this one based on the information provided for the last one.
Many Thanks!
Jad
Height: 30cm
Length: 20cm
Depth: 30cm
A typical piece of 1950s Murano Glass. The design used on the inside of this glass is referred to as millefiori or 1000 flowers. Millefiori flowers are made by joining tiny glass canes the size of a hair together in bundles and then cutting them across horizontally to produce is flower-like inclusions.
This type of Murano Glass was manufactured by almost every glass-making company based on the island as well as glassmakers on Mainland Italy. They were very popular souvenir items for visitors to Italy in the mid-twentieth century. Today, however, they are no longer rare and demand is not as high as it was then. Mass availability at all resale levels means that people no longer need to travel to Italy or two antique stores in order to find them. They can be acquired online quite easily as well as in antique Cooperative malls, antique and vintage stores, Auction Sales and often at yard sales and flea markets.
Some late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries signed pieces from the best known glass houses do bring higher values. As are sets of delicate wine glasses, champagne flutes and pieces with Figural bases such as dancers, swans, Dolphins Etc Bowls, vases, and ashtrays are some of the most easily found today.
This is a beautifully made colorful piece of vintage Murano Glass and it has obviously been very well cherished through the years.
PROVENANCE: acquired by client's grandfather, minister to King Feisal and Iraqi ambassador to Lebanon, in Murano in the 1960s €800-1,200* *represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary. Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you again for using Mearto.com.
Hi Delia,
I have a feeling I have to "resubmit" this if I would like it reappraised by you. If I'm correct, please let me know.
Many Thanks,
Jad
Sorry for the belated response - I'm in the US and was working on other appraisals today. I added in the possible Fratelli Tosi attribution and increased the value a bit - you're all set.
Hi Delia,
You're Great! Thanks Very Very Much!
I'll be probably appraising a few more items with you. Knives, etc. Hopefully, you will be my point of contact!
Best Regards,
Jad
Always happy to help and can do knives if they are cutlery but if they are more weaponlike they would be appraised by someone else. Thanks again!
Hi Delia!
I added the image you requested. It doesn't look like it is signed.
Thanks,
Jad
I have another one that looks like this one's sibling; for lack of a better word.