FRATELLI TOSO 1930 MURANO VENETIAN TINY HEXAGONAL SOFFIATO MILLEFIORI GLASS VASE

A MILLEFIORI SOFFIATO GLASS VASE DESIGNED BY SALVIATI & CO.

A BEAUTIFUL HEXAGONAL SOFFIATO GLASS VASE CRAFTED AT THE MURANO ISLAND IN VENICE, ITALY CIRCA 1930'S. MOST PROBABLY A SMALL VASE FOR PARFUME. 

MADE WITH THE SOFFIATO MILLEFIORI TECHNIQUE WITH A RIBBED FLAT TOP AND A PERFECT POINTIL AT THE UNDERNEATH.

IS PRETTY SMALL AND VERY DELICATE WITH A WEIGHT OF 63 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 38 mm BY 38 mm BY 72 mm.

MILLEFIORI, IN ITALIAN IS A GLASS WORK TECHNIQUE WHICH PRODUCES DISTINCTIVE DECORATIVE PATTERNS ON GLASSWARE. THE TERM MILLEFIORI IS A COMBINATION OF THE ITALIAN WORDS "MILLE" (THOUSAND) AND "FIORI" (FLOWERS). ASPLEY PELLATT IN HIS BOOK CURIOSITIES OF GLASS MAKING WAS THE FIRST TO USE THE TERM "MILLEFIORI",

SOFFIATO IN ITALIAN, IS GLASS BLOWING, A GLASS FORMING TECHNIQUE THAT INVOLVES INFLATING MOLTEN GLASS WITH THE HELP OF A ROD. WHOEVER BLOWS GLASS IS CALLED A "GLASS BLOWER".

IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS.

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