Salviati & Co. Venice, late 19th century. Millefiori coffee set. Blown glass and fine gold
Salviati & Co. Venice, late 19th century.
Millefiori coffee set.
Blown glass and fine gold inclusions.
Similar pieces published with photos in the book "L'Europe de L'Art Verrier" by Giuseppe Cappa, Mardaga Publishers. Pages 408 to 414.
Some chipped.
Measurements: 14,5 cm (greatest height).
Rare and unusual coffee set consisting of seven pieces, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug and two cups with saucers. All with Millefiori decoration in various colours. Due to its technical characteristics we can attribute it to a famous Murano master glassmaker of the time belonging to the Tosso family.
The murrines are different sections of glass rods, in a variety of colours and designs, which are hot-mixed to form flowers, stars, dots or lines. The murrines are placed in an orderly fashion, either on a horizontal metal surface (marble) or inside a mould, in order to collect them with a portion of incandescent glass and blow them with the help of a cane.
Antonio Salviati (Vicenza, 1816-1890) was an Italian lawyer and entrepreneur, founder of a high-class Venetian glass factory, responsible for the revival of the Venetian glass industry in the 19th century.
A lawyer by profession, in 1866 they formed a partnership with Austen Henry Layard, the archaeologist who discovered Nineveh, with whom they formed the company Società Salviati e Compagni, based in Venice.
The Salviati company won several important commissions, such as the mosaics for the back of the high altar in Westminster Abbey (1867), the ceiling of the Albert Memorial Chapel in Windsor Castle and the Palatine Chapel in Aachen (1870-1875). In 1876 he separated from his English partners and founded a new company which, in addition to mosaics, produced ornamental and table glass in a high quality Renaissance style. In the 1870s he also produced pieces in imitation of ancient Roman glass. His company took part in all the universal exhibitions at the end of the 19th century.
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Salviati & Co. Venice, late 19th century.
Millefiori coffee set.
Blown glass and fine gold inclusions.
Similar pieces published with photos in the book "L'Europe de L'Art Verrier" by Giuseppe Cappa, Mardaga Publishers. Pages 408 to 414.
Some chipped.
Measurements: 14,5 cm (greatest height).
Rare and unusual coffee set consisting of seven pieces, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug and two cups with saucers. All with Millefiori decoration in various colours. Due to its technical characteristics we can attribute it to a famous Murano master glassmaker of the time belonging to the Tosso family.
The murrines are different sections of glass rods, in a variety of colours and designs, which are hot-mixed to form flowers, stars, dots or lines. The murrines are placed in an orderly fashion, either on a horizontal metal surface (marble) or inside a mould, in order to collect them with a portion of incandescent glass and blow them with the help of a cane.
Antonio Salviati (Vicenza, 1816-1890) was an Italian lawyer and entrepreneur, founder of a high-class Venetian glass factory, responsible for the revival of the Venetian glass industry in the 19th century.
A lawyer by profession, in 1866 they formed a partnership with Austen Henry Layard, the archaeologist who discovered Nineveh, with whom they formed the company Società Salviati e Compagni, based in Venice.
The Salviati company won several important commissions, such as the mosaics for the back of the high altar in Westminster Abbey (1867), the ceiling of the Albert Memorial Chapel in Windsor Castle and the Palatine Chapel in Aachen (1870-1875). In 1876 he separated from his English partners and founded a new company which, in addition to mosaics, produced ornamental and table glass in a high quality Renaissance style. In the 1870s he also produced pieces in imitation of ancient Roman glass. His company took part in all the universal exhibitions at the end of the 19th century.
