Two delicate octagonal glasses in crystalline glass, skillfully blown by Murano masters for Pauly.
A pair of glasses with a particular shape, where you can enjoy a Vodka-Martini cocktail in company (…"shaken" not "stirred"), watching the Lagoon at sunset.
Signed: Pauly
Murano - Venice - 20th century
Measurements. octagonal glass with smooth rim, height cm. 18
octagonal glass with rim worked with "drops", height cm. 17.8
€400.00 the pair
Definition of "Crystalline glass"
"Crystalline glass" is defined as colorless and transparent glass, decolored with manganese dioxide, obtained with purified raw materials. Since the Middle Ages, crystal has been considered the most precious Murano glass. The secret of its quality lies in the purity of the raw materials used, the use of decoloring agents, the preparation of the vitrifiable mixture, and the conduction of the melting process. In 1400, the art of Murano glass experienced a historic turning point thanks to Angelo Barovier, a fascinating figure of artist/scientist who managed to obtain, through a real alchemical process, a new type of extremely clean glass so similar in transparency to crystal that he himself called it crystalline glass (then Venetian crystal), which was later reproduced in other European countries. Unlike Nordic crystal, which has a high concentration of lead oxide and which today must undergo strict controls regarding the fumes deriving from the melting process, Murano crystal is a soda-lime glass whose main components, in addition to silica, are sodium oxide and calcium oxide. Soda crystal is very suitable for the production of particularly light blown objects that require long processing times.
"- The Pauly & C. | CVM - Compagnia Venezia Murano Manufactory is an artistic glass factory in Murano founded more than one hundred and forty years ago. Its name comes from the merger in 1919 between Pauly & C., founded in 1902, and the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano, founded in 1866. The company also incorporates the brand of the historic MVM Cappellin & C, a company acquired in 1932 together with the drawings and catalogs. In 1990 Pauly & C. | CVM - Compagnia Venezia Murano also acquired the Toso Vetri d'Arte glass factory.
Two generations of master glassmakers trained in its glass factories, some of whom, after learning the art of glass and developing their qualities, separated from it at different times to found their own glass factories.
Today, the doors of the ancient Paly's show room in Palazzo Cappello are closed, but thanks to a group of four Venetian companies have come together to save the prestigious brand.
