Murano Glass ‘bottle’ Vase, Italy 1980

Archimede Seguso, who was born and died in Murano, immediately began working in the furnace where his father was a partner, until the crisis of 1929. He decided to found his own workshop, which in 1933 became ‘Seguso Vetri d'Arte’, a company that marked the development of glass in the following decades. Seguso, considered a ‘living encyclopaedia of glass’, distinguished himself in particular in the working of heavy glass. The object presented is a Murano glass vase, measuring 51x13.5x9.5 cm. It was made around the 1980s. On the bottom of the vase there is the engraved signature of the artist and the place of production, ‘Archimede Seguso - Murano’ and a stamp with the words: ‘Archimede Seguso - Murano - Made in Italy’. The state of preservation is excellent.