To collect and admire. They are created by the skilled hands of the greatest Masters of Murano, its peculiarity are the lightness and the decorations.
COD. : bs100.52
CHARACTERISTICS: ANTIQUE BLOWN , Goblet in filigree and worked in zanfirico. Smooth stem. Double prop.
HEIGHT: 20.00 cm
DIAMETER: 9.00 cm
WEIGHT: 147 gr.
COLOR : Goblet and base: Filigree and zanfirico Verdino goblet, crystal stem
TECHNIQUE : FILIGREE AND MIXED BLOWN
BLOWN - The technique is so defined because the artisans expand and shape the glass, blowing air into a long metal barrel connected to it, as the millennial tradition of glassmaking dictates. This ancient action, combined with the experience and skill of glass masters, transforms simple glass into true artistic masterpieces, one of a kind.
MIXED - It is the definition given to the union of several techniques, used by the master to create glass objects of value and with particular characteristics: the balanced mixture of several processes gives a strong personality to the work and enriches its identity.
FILIGREE / ZANFIRICO - the filigree technique. Half filigree, reticello and zanfirico. One of the most elegant decorative techniques developed by Murano glass masters is that of "filigree glass" or more simply of "filigree". The more elaborate and complex techniques of "reticello filigree" or "double filigree" and "retortoli filigree" or "zanfirico" were born from the simpler "half filigree" technique. Designed in Murano in the sixteenth century, they were then exported by the Venetians throughout Europe and were particularly appreciated in the nineteenth century.These techniques are carried out using transparent glass rods (crystal) containing straight or intertwined white (milky) or colored glass threads inside, creating the effect of a delicate lace inside the glass wall. Therefore, the preparation of glass rods or rods becomes essential. To make rods with a single straight "vermo", that is, containing a single central thread, the "servant" takes an appropriate quantity of material from the crucible containing the milky or colored glass and gives it a cylindrical shape by "marbling it" (i.e. rolled on a bronze surface, called “bronzin”). The glass cylinder is then immersed in the crucible containing the transparent glass and then again "marbled" on the "bronzin".At this point the master glassmaker attaches another rod to the other end of the glass "bolo" and tends the two instruments to the so-called "tiracanna". These, arranged one in front of the other, slowly move away "pulling" the glass and place the glass barrel just made on the floor. The glass rods, once cooled and cut into rods of the same size, can be used for the desired processing.
AUTHOR - Masters of glass, they are artisans, who make objects by hand with various techniques of the art of Murano glass.
