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PAIR VINTAGE 1950s MURANO GLASS BLACKAMOOR CANDELABRA
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PAIR VINTAGE ORIGINAL MURANO GLASS BLACKAMOOR CANDELABRA CANDLE HOLDERS Circa: 1950s A Fabulous Rare Find! Collectors Item! An Outstanding pair of Vintage Murano Glass Blackamoor Candelabras... Featuring two Blackamoor Figures in Period Costume Each kneeling and holding a candleholder in each hand Superb Period Costumes are pink and opaque white Ruffled shirt; frills on sleeves and leggings Gold accents and highlights on hair and costumes including black boots Dripping circular gold flecked bases, each measuring approx. 4 ½" in diameter Approx. size: 12"high x 7 ½" arm span Provenance: Venezia , Italy Circa: 1950s Excellent vintage condition No chips, no cracks or repairs So beautifully done...will certainly bring a smile to that special someone's face! *Due to individual monitor settings, colors of photos may vary from the original item. Enhance your home with a stunning addition to your Murano collection! An impressive heirloom to be passed down from one generation to the other! Murano Glass: Between Art and Mystery Since ancient times man has paid an almost mystic- attention to glass, attributing something magical and supernatural to this transparent material. Magicians of legend could predict the future by gazing into a crystal sp, chemists and alchemists studied prisms in search of a stone which would turn metal into gold, magic that was born in flames and like that fire that gave life to the popular belief of the Phoenix, the mythological bird with the golden plumes, glass is synonymous with beauty. Still today, for the visitors who come to Murano, the same scenes which inspired writers and legend are represented. In fact the furnace structures have remained unaltered over time and new technology is seen only in small details. All this is because of the attachment the master glass-blowers have towards tradition. Like a clock, they seem to have stopped time in the more than one thousand years of history of glass-blowing in Venice . The glass masters, the same glass-blowers pipes and the same instruments which were knowingly forged in the machine shops which were built up over the island which, together with other small activities, has made Murano one of the centers of Venetian commerce. The origins of the art of glass blowing in Venice go back to before the first millennium. This is confirmed by a document written by a Benedict monk, Domenico called "Fiolario. The technique used to make the phial was that of blowing into glass using those instruments that the late Roman glass blowing activities had passed down through the ages. It is presumed that later the technique was refined in Venice more than any w else in Europe because of the trading contacts that the Venetians had with the Orient and above all with countries that already had an ancient tradition in glass blowing such as the Fenici, the Syrians and the Egyptians. Such traditions, renewed in the celebrated furnaces of Islam, were an occasion to reconstruct both Western and Oriental knowledge and techniques t by giving the Venetian production a particular rnethod that made their glass so important throughout the world over the course of centuries. Today Venetian glass production is at its pinnacle, and is world renowned for its quality and form Always striving to provide our customers with rare and unusual items! Something for every Collector! Please check our Auctions for more interesting & unusual Vintage items. Last Chance Treasure Alley offers you 'Authentic' Unusual Vintage Items for the Discriminating Buyer & Collector. Fabulous Finds at Great Prices! Bid early & Good Luck with your bidding! Items guaranteed to be as described, the only allowance for returns is if t is an error in the description. PLEASE e-mail us at with any questions, as t will be no returns for buyer's remorse. We ship worldwide . Please contact us for shipping and insurance instructions & charges. We will gladly combine shipping o...
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