Signed: Pauly
This elegant trio consists of a pair of slender flute glasses with a "hazelnut" stem and a flute with an elongated, "trumpet"-shaped bowl for sipping excellent Italian Prosecco or Champagne.
In blown "crystal" glass, skillfully and lightly crafted by the masters of Murano for the old Pauly company.
Murano – Venice – 20th century
Measurements: two flute glasses with "hazelnut" stem cm. 24.5
The flute with a "trumpet" cup cm. 24
€450.00
In ancient Rome, it was customary to give Corylus avellana plants (commonly: hazel) to wish happiness. The same happened in France, where the plant was donated to the spouses as a symbol of fertility.
Definition of "Crystal Glass"
"Crystal glass" is defined as colorless and transparent glass, decolorized with manganese dioxide, and 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 conduct of the melting process. In 1400, the art of Murano glass experienced a momentous turning point thanks to Angelo Barovier, a fascinating artist/scientist who managed to obtain, through a true alchemical process, a new type of extremely clean glass so similar in transparency to crystal that he himself called crystal 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 relating to fumes 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, 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 designs and catalogs. In 1990 Pauly & C. | CVM - Compagnia Venezia Murano also acquired the Toso Vetri d'Arte glass factory.
Two generations of master glassmakers have trained in its glass factories, some of whom, after learning the art of glass and developing their qualities, at different times, detached themselves to found their own glass factories.
Today, the doors of the ancient Paly showroom in Palazzo Cappello are closed, but thanks to a group of four Venetian companies they have come together to save the prestigious brand
