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Your Price: $ 15.00
Item Number: 1925
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Manufacturer: Murano Glass
Lovely vintage clear glass standing angel figure or figurine, measuring about 6 5/8 inches in height, about 3 3/16 inches in depth (from front to outer tip of dual wings on backside), and 2 inches in width or diameter of the circular base.
This is a vintage Murano glass or Italian Art Glass piece, still having its original red & gold triangular label attached near the lower side base, which states "Italy Murano Glass" along with the manufacturer name, "Ferro & Lazzarini". There is no other signature marking on the piece.
Neatly shaped old glass angel with a round halo on its head, sculpted hands clasped in the front and 2 separate sculpted wings on the backside, each having 2 points. There are lines/ridges on the hair which looks to be hanging down past the neck of this angel, so we think it is meant to depict a girl or female angel. There are no sculpted facial features (no eyes, nose, mouth or ears). While there are two molded lines on either side of her neck, these do not go vertically down the full piece. There are a number of bubbles in the glass, so perhaps this was blown into a mold of some sort, we can't tell for sure, as well as some light lines in the glass as made.
From the label, look and older home which this came out of, we believe this to be a vintage piece from the 1950s or 1960s. We don't know the age for certain, but we do not believe it to be a new piece. This piece is not flimsy and has some weight to it, weighing over one pound unpacked.
We've provided 8 images to try and show from all angles including two close-ups of the manufacturer label. Please note that the camera lighting creates white highlights or hot spots on the glass. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.
Wonderful overall condition with no major large chips, scratches, pieces missing, but it does show a bit of evidence of age/wear. Along the bottom rim of the piece there are many minor flakes or very very tiny chips from years of sitting and likely picking up, putting down and packing away. None of these are bad and none are noticeable when on display but you can feel these with a finger and see them in person if you look very closely. We do not see any other chips/flakes. Near the angel's neck in front and on one side, there are some lines, straw marks and/or scratches on the top surface of the glass (in roughly 5 small spots). We can't tell if some or all of these were made in the forming of the angel or happened with handling over the years. Since we think someone probably handled/carried this holding the sides near the base, in areas which don't show wear, we suspect these marks were made in forming the neck or separating the piece from a mold or a glass forming tool, but don't know that for certain. You won't notice these when on display, but if you go looking you will see them. These are a few stray scratches from age/wear (nothing bad) and perhaps some other general wear/handling, but really nothing to worry about with this piece.
A great addition to any Murano glass or Italian Art Glass collection, or one related to Ferro & Lazzarini pieces in particular. Also a nice piece to add to any collection of angels or Christmas décor in general. |
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