Multicolor tinted glass
Murano, Italy, c. 1995
Vittorio Ferro (born in 1932) – Italian glass artist
Presumably made in the Vetreria Fratelli Pagnin, Murano
Height: 28 cm
Very good condition
Rare vase of colorless glass with densely joined so-called Murrinas in yellow with black border

The Italian glass artist created this vase in the mid-1990s, presumably in the Vetreria Fratelli Pagnin, Murano. The vase's body of colorless glass is adorned by densely joined so-called Murrinas in yellow with black borders. The Murrina technique, for which the singly glass discs are cut from a glass stack, has been in existence on the glass making island Murano for a long time.



The vase is 28 cm high and in very good condition.



Vittorio Ferro (born in 1932)

Vittorio Ferro was born son of the Maestro Giuseppe Ferro in 1932. As of 1946 he served an apprenticeship with his uncles Armando and Amleto Zuffi in the glass works of the Fratelli Toso, where he was active as master between 1952 and 1981. In 1969 he was awarded the Murano prize 'Le Borselle d'Oro'. From 1981 to 1998 he was active as master at the Vetreria de Majo in Murano.

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