Sculpture

[ricrite]

Bought recently and I think I figured it out but would love any info to see if I'm right. This is 14" long and 7" sitting on a 4" base. Signed Seguso A V

[madcat]

Very interesting. I like it.

[glassman]

Seguso, as you probably already know is a well known name in Murano, but the AV part doesn't ring a bell. I will take a look at some of my notes and see what I come up with.

[ricrite]

I think the AV is short for Arte Vetro

[ricrite]

I think this is the artist, I have seen a couple pieces for sale on 1stdibs.com and they name him.

ELIO RAFFAELI:

Born in Venice in 1936 to a Muranese family, Elio Raffaeli lived and studied on the Island of Murano, the glassblowing capital of Venice. At the age of fifteen, he was hired by the Seguso-Dalla Venezia glass factory where he made the acquaintance of Piero Scaramal, his first master. There he was taught the basic secrets of the magic art of Murano. Raffaeli worked with Scaramal for seven years, first as a garzone and subsequently as first assistant, maturing both as a person and as a glassblower.

Misfortunes at the Seguso-Dalla Venezia factory compelled him to move to another prestigious firm, Salviati. Here Raffaeli refined his capabilities as a glass master, perfecting both the techniques of blowing delicate glass pieces and those of making solid glass sculpture.

In 1966 he moved on to a newly formed factory, Briati, where he was hired as a master and given a piazza. Here he began to interpret with balanced precision the designs of the famous Flavio Poli. Next Raffaeli went to work with Livio Seguso, one of the great 20th century sculptors, where he forged a working relationship and friendship with the young Roberto Cammozzo.

[fossilfly]

He is a founding member of arsmurano (www.arsmurano.it)

Check out this thread for some more info as well:

http://www.fossilfly.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=75

and here:

http://arsmurano.it/english/Masters/Elio%20Raffaeli/1024/Elio%20Raffaeli.html

[ricrite]

Well, I thought I had this one figured out but I was wrong. I forwarded the photo to arsmurano and here is their reply:

THIS IS NOT MADE BY ELIO RAFFAELI

Ars Murano srl
Marina Raffaeli

[glassman]

Well, I thought I had this one figured out but I was wrong. I forwarded the photo to arsmurano and here is their reply:

THIS IS NOT MADE BY ELIO RAFFAELI

Ars Murano srl
Marina Raffaeli

Thats a shame.....welcome to the world of Murano Glass! Do you have any other leads?