ARS MURANO 🇮🇹 SIGNED Fish ELIO RAFFAELLi Aquarium Paperweight ArT GLaSs Italy

Description: ITEM: Authentic Vintage Signed Elio Raffaeli Murano/ Venetian Italian ArT GLaSs Aquarium Sculpture • FEATURES > • Signed • Sommerso • Massello / Massicio • Very Collectible • DISCUSSION: Rare authentic, signed Elio Raffaeli, "ARS Murano" fish sculpture/aquarium. Highly collectible Italian Murano art glass at its finest. Made circa 1970. Pontil/base is ground-flat, highly polished and bears signature. It is even more beautiful in person! An excellent addition to any art glass collection, or a thoughtful gift for a special person! • DIMENSIONS: 6¾" tall (17.2 cm) x 6¼" long x 3" deep • WEIGHT: 2-lbs, 1-oz (936 g.) • CONDITION: Free from any damage or restoration, great vintage condition. MOBILE VIEWERS: Please click "FULL DESCRIPTION" to see MORE PHOTOS and INFO. Vintage ARS MURANO 🇮🇹 SIGNED Fish Aquarium ELIO RAFFAELi Paperweight ArT GLaSs Italy Vintage ARS MURANO 🇮🇹 SIGNED Fish Aquarium ELIO RAFFAELi Paperweight ArT GLaSs Italy Click images to enlarge Please carefully inspect all the photos-- at full resolution--before you purchase. Try to ignore any flash, reflection or cast shadow. Thank you. Item pictured is the same one you will receive ALSO PICTURED: A small sampling of the hundreds of fine art glass, antiques, art, and collectibles that we have listed on eBay right now!View My Other Items For Sale Description Vintage Signed Murano 🇮🇹 Venetian Italian ArT GLaSs Elio Raffaelli Fish Aquarium Sculpture FEATURES & TECHNIQUES • Sommerso • Massiccio • Very Collectible • Signed Made in Murano, Italy ~ Reasonable offers cheerfully entertained & often accepted! ~ • DISCUSSION: Rare authentic, signed Elio Raffaelli fish massiccio sculpture/aquarium. Highly collectible Italian Murano art glass figurine at its finest. Made circa 1970. Pontil/base was ground-flat, highly polished and bears signature. It is even more beautiful in person! An excellent addition to any art glass collection, or a thoughtful gift for a special person! • DIMENSIONS: 6¾" Tall (17.2 cm) x 6¼" L x 3" D • WEIGHT: 2-lbs, 1-oz (936 g.) • CONDITION: Free from any damage or restoration, great vintage condition. FULL CONDITION REPORT: We thoroughly inspected this piece and found no cracks, chips, nicks, scuffs, flea bites, flakes, hairlines, repairs or evidence of grinding or restoration can be seen or felt. Any natural indentations, bubbles, tool marks and/or any other natural textural features are all original to this piece and normal for hand blown glass. Expected shelf wear to the base is consistent with age. Please review all high-resolution photographs, at full size, in forming your own opinions. ~ We remain at your disposal for any further information. ~ ________________________________________ About the Artist / Maker ARS MURANO Elio Raffaelli Italian, b.1936 Born in Murano in 1936, Elio Raffaelli went to a local school and at the age of fifteen he began working with the Seguso-Dalla Venezia glass furnace. There he met Piero Scaramal, from whom he first learned the secrets of the magic art that makes Murano well known as the capital of glass making. During the seven years spent with Scaramal, Raffaeli developed his skills and his personality, advancing step by step in the traditional career of a glass maker, from "garzone", the furnace boy, to "primo servente", a first level assistant. The second furnace Raffaeli worked at was also very famous, the Salviati's. There he experienced with different techniques, from glass blowing to "massiccio" glass, the working of a mass of glass that results in large, solid sculptures. In 1966 Raffaelli entered a new furnace, Briati's, where he became a glass master and realized the designs of Flavio Poli. Finally, together with his assistants and some friends, he decided to start a new adventure. It's the beginning of Ars Murano that in a very short time reached an enormous success with its sculptures, sold all over the world. Today Raffaeli, who has reached the higher point in his artistic career, can and must sign every single piece that he realizes. ________________________________________ ⭐ INVESTMENT: COLLECTIBLE ART GLASS ~ "AUTHENTICITY. Without that nothing else matters!" ~ A smart investment in art has for some time had a proven record of high return. But, it has been generally considered to be restricted to the wealthiest among us. 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Price: 292.5 USD

Location: Naples, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-23T23:12:08.000Z

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