Glass Identification: Labels
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Shown below are labels found on glassware from various countries.
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Italian Murano Glass Labels
Murano Factory Labels
Archimede Seguso:
"Archimede Seguso, Murano, Made in Italy" oval scalloped red and gold foil label.
Archimede Seguso red and gold foil label, reads "Made by Seguso Archimede, Mercerie S-Zulian, Seguso Glass".
"Made in Murano, Italy" circular scalloped red and gold foil label, used exclusively on Archimede Seguso glassware.
"Made in Murano, Italy" circular scalloped red and silver (or very worn gold) foil label, used exclusively on Archimede Seguso glassware.
"Made in Italy" circular scalloped red and gold foil label, used exclusively on Archimede Seguso glassware.
Archimede Seguso red and gold oval foil label, reads "Archimede Seguso, Murano, Made in Italy".
Archimede Seguso clear oval plastic label, reads "Archimede Seguso, Murano, Made in Italy".
Arte Nuova / Pustetto & Zanetti:
Rectangular Arte Nuova label, reads "Arte Nuova Murano, Grand Prize, Genuine Venetian Glass, World Fair Brussels, 1958". Can also be found with the top "Arte Nuova Murano" section missing.
Circular Arte Nuova label, reads "Arte Nuova Murano, Pustetto & Zanetti, Made in Italy".
Shield shaped Pustetto & Zanetti label, reads "Pustetto & Zanetti, Murano".
AVEM:
Blue AVEM label, reads "AVEM, Made in Italy, Murano".
Red AVEM label, reads "AVEM, Made in Italy, Murano".
Red AVEM label, reads "Made in Italy, Murano".
Red AVEM label with star, reads "Made in Italy, Murano".
Barovier & Toso:
"Barovier & Toso, Murano" paper pattern number label.
"Made in Italy" paper pattern number label, found on Barovier & Toso lamp.
Carlo Moretti:
"Carlo Moretti Murano Italia" foil label.
"Carlo Moretti Murano Italia" clear plastic label.
Cenedese:
"Murano Cenedese Vetri" foil label.
"Murano Glass, Made in Italy" foil label, found exclusively on Cenedese glass.
Fratelli Toso:
"Murano Glass, Made in Italy" blue and silver foil label, found (exclusively?) on Fratelli Toso glass.
Galliano Ferro:
Black and gold foil Galliano Ferro label, reads "GF, Fornasa De Muran A L'insecna Del Moreto, Made in Italy"
Red and white (or worn silver) Galliano Ferro label, reads "G. F., Made in Italy, Murano".
Oball:
"Oball 2, Murano, Made in Italy" oval foil label.
"Vetreria Artistica Oball, Murano" rectangular plastic label.
Salviati:
"Made in Italy, Salviati & C, Murano" circular foil label.
"Venezia, Salviati, Made in Italy" circular plastic label.
Seguso Vetri d'Arte:
"Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Murano, Made in Italy" paper label.
"Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Murano, Made in Italy" shield shaped label.
"Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Made in Italy" rectangular plastic label.
Venini:
V. Nason & C:
"V. Nason & C., Murano, Italy" foil label.
"V. Nason & C., Murano, Italy" circular plastic label.
V Nason & C. Murano glass foil label for 'Avventurina' range. Reads "Avventurina, V Nason & C, Made in Italy".
V. Nason & C. Murano glass foil scroll label, reads "N, Veritable Opaline de Venise".
V. Nason & C. Murano glass foil scroll label, reads "N, Veritable Opaline de Murano".
Other Murano Factory Labels:
"Artistic Cristal Murano, Made in Italy" foil label with Murano logo of a rooster, snake and fox. Found on glass by Bucella Cristalli.
"A. Toso & C., Murano, Made in Italy" paper pattern number label for Alberto Toso.
"Seguso Dalla Venezia, Murano, Made in Italy" oval paper label.
Murano Consortium Labels
Vetri Murano (VM) label with "040" code. See full list of known codes here.
Blue Vetro Artistico Murano (VAM) label with "060" code. See full list of known codes here.
Red Vetro Artistico Murano (VAM) label with "061" code. See full list of known codes here.
Red Vetro Artistico Murano (VAM) label with "033" code and QR code. See full list of known codes here.
Murano glass silver and blue foil circular Rooster label, with "AL" code. See full list of known codes here.
Murano glass silver and blue foil rectangular Rooster label, with "BD" code. See full list of known codes here.
Murano Retailer & Import/Export Labels
Hans Geismar Ltd (Importer) "HG, Venetian Art Glass" red foil label.
Hans Geismar Ltd (Importer) "Lido, HG, Venetian Art Glass" red foil label.
Hans Geismar Ltd (Importer) "HG, Italian Art Glass" blue foil label.
Blue Decora import label, reads "A Decora Import, Made in Italy, Genuine Venetian Glass From Murano". Very commonly found on AVEM glassware.
Jaffe Rose (British importer) Murano glass paper label. Reads "JR, Jaffe Rose Original, Made in Italy". Found on some Galliano Ferro items.
Vetro Artistico Veneziano Murano glass foil label. Reads "Vetro Artistico Veneziano, Hand Made Genuine Venetian Glass, Made in Murano, Italy". Probably an export label.
Murano glass foil label, probably a retailer, label includes a Venice street address. Found on Carlo Moretti vase. Reads "Super Murano Glass, di Stefani Giuliano, Largo Augustus 1, Jesolo Lido (VE)".
Ferro Italarts Murano glass foil label, possibly a retailer. Found on some glassware that seems to be by Galliano Ferro. Reads "Genuine Murano Glass, Ferro Italarts, Made in Italy".
Generic & Other Murano Labels
Generic "Made in Italy" yellow and silver circular foil label, found on Murano sommerso vases.
Generic "Murano, Made in Italy" gold and red circular foil label.
"Artistic Cristal, Murano, Made in Italy" silver and blue rectangular foil label, probably Generic.
Generic "Made in Italy" red and white circular paper label.
Generic "Made in Murano, Italy" red and silver circular foil label.
Generic "Made in Murano, Italy" red and white circular paper label.
"G. E. V. Murano Glass, Made in Italy" oval green and silver foil label.
Fontanelli / Fontanella (Italian glass?) oval foil label.
Italian Empoli Glass Labels
Empoli Factory Labels
"Stelvia, Made in Italy, Opalina Fiorentina" Empoli Italian glass foil label.
Close up of Stelvia label, showing logo of fleur-de-lis and lion.
Empoli Italian glass foil scroll label with Stelvia cardboard tag.
Close up of foil scroll label, reads "Lavorazione a Mano, Fabbricato in Toscana - Italia".
Close up of cardboard tag, reads "MAde in Italy", with Stelvia logo of fleur-de-lis and lion.
"V.B. Opaline Florence, Made in Italy" Empoli Italian glass paper label. Thought to be for the Vetreria Barbieri factory.
Generic & Other Empoli Labels
Empoli Italian glass foil label, reads "Hand, AV, Made in Italy".
Empoli Italian glass foil label, reads "LG, Veritable Opaline Italiano, Made in Italy".
Empoli Italian glass foil label, reads "Veritable Opaline Florence, Made in Italy".
Italian glass scalloped red & gold foil "Made in Italy" label, only found on Empoli glassware.
Generic Made in Italy paper label found on Empoli Verde glass.
"Toscany Handcrafted Genuine Empoli Glass, Italy"" paper label found on Empoli Verde glass.
"An Alrose Original, Made in Italy" US import label found on Empoli glass.
"Montrose, Made in Italy"" US import label found on Empoli glass.
Generic "Made in Italy" foil label, found on Empoli cased glass.
Generic Italian glass paper label in the style of the Italian flag, found on Empoli cased glass.
Scandinavian Glass Labels
Scandinavian Factory Labels
Alsterfors:
"Alsterfors, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Alsterfors, Sweden" Swedish glass clear plastic label.
Aseda:
"Svensk Form, Bo Borgström, Sweden, Aseda" Swedish glass foil label.
"Sweden, Aseda" Swedish glass foil label.
Ekenas:
"Ekenas, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Ekenas, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Ekenas, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Ekenas, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
Elme:
"Elme, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Elme, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Elme" Swedish glass foil label.
Holmegaard / Kastrup:
"Holmegaard, 1825" Danish glass clear plastic label.
"Holmegaard of Copenhagen, by Appointment to The Royal Danish Court, Made in Denmark, 493" Danish glass paper label.
"Kastrup - Holmegaard, by Appointment to H. M. The King of Denmark, Made in Denmark" Danish glass paper label.
"Holmegaard, by Appointment to His Majesty The King of Denmark, Made in Denmark" Danish glass paper label.
"KH, Made in Denmark" Danish glass paper label for Kastrup - Holmegaard.
"H, Made in Denmark" Danish glass paper label for Holmegaard.
Humppila:
"Humppila, Handmade in Finland" Finnish glass black plastic label.
"Humppila, Handmade in Finland" Finnish glass clear plastic label.
"Humppila, Handmade in Finland" Finnish glass clear plastic label.
Iittala:
"Iittala" Finnish glass clear plastic label - black text.
"Iittala, Finland" Finnish glass clear plastic label - white text.
Kosta Boda:
"Handmade Kosta Crystal Collection, Full Lead Crystal" Swedish glass paper label.
"Kosta, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Kosta Boda, Sweden 1742" Swedish glass clear plastic label.
"Kosta Boda, Since 1742" Swedish glass clear plastic label.
Lindshammar:
"Lindshammar, Sweden, Gunnar Ander" Swedish glass foil label.
"Handmade in Sweden by Lindshammar" Swedish glass paper label.
"Full Lead Crystal by Lindshammar of Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Lindshammar, Sweden, Gunnar Ander" Swedish glass paper label.
Mats Jonasson:
"Mats Jonasson, Maleras, Sweden, Full Lead" Swedish glass clear plastic label.
"Mats Jonasson, Sweden, Full Lead" Swedish glass opaque plastic label.
Orrefors:
"Orrefors, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Orrefors, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Orrefors, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Orrefors, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Orrefors, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
Pukeberg:
"Pukeberg, Sweden" Swedish glass clear plastic label - black text.
"Pukeberg, Sweden" Swedish glass clear plastic label - white text.
"Pukeberg, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
Reijmyre:
"Reijmyre Kristall, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Reijmyre, Sweden, Handmade" Swedish glass foil label.
Royal Krona:
"Royal Krona, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Royal Krona, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
Ryd:
"Ryd, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
Ryd Swedish glass foil label, reads "Opaline Suedoise" (French for "Swedish Opaline").
Sea Glasbruk:
"Sea Glasbruk AB, Kosta, Sweden" Swedish glass clear plastic label.
"Sea Glasbruk, Kosta, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
Other Scandinavian Factory Labels:
"Afors, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Alsterbro, Sweden" Swedish glass paper label.
"Dansk Designs Ltd, Made in Sweden, JHQ" Swedish glass paper label. JHQ are the initials of the designer, Jens Harold Quistgaard.
"Eneryda Glasbruk, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Flygsfors, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Handiwork, FM Konstglas, Ronneby, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Gullaskruf, Sweden" Swedish glass foil label.
"Hadeland, Norway" Norwegian glass foil label.
"Norsk Magnor Glass" Norwegian glass paper label.
"Normann Copenhagen" Danish glass clear plastic label.
"Nuutajarvi Notsjo, 1793, Suomi, Finland" Finnish glass plastic label.
"Randsfjord, Made in Norway, Handblown" Norwegian glass foil label.
"Riihimaen Lasi, Made in Finland" Finnish glass foil label.
Scandinavian Retailer & Import/Export Labels
"JC, Made in Sweden" Jones & Co (UK Importer) Swedish glass foil label.
"Hand Made, JC, Sweden" Jones & Co (UK Importer) Swedish glass foil label.
"Made in Finland" Finnish glass paper export label, found on Riihimaen / Riihimaki glassware.
"Reducta, Hand Made Glass, Polish Origin" British import label.
Hans Geismar Ltd (UK Importer) "HG, Swedish Art Glass" gold foil label.
Hans Geismar Ltd (UK Importer) "HG, Swedish Art Glass" silver foil label.
Hans Geismar Ltd (UK Importer) "HG, Swedish Art Glass" green foil label.
Generic & Other Scandinavian Labels
Generic "Made in Sweden" Swedish glass paper label, found on Elme vase.
Generic "Made in Sweden" Swedish glass paper label, found on Elme vase.
Generic "Made in Sweden" Swedish glass paper label, found on Elme vase.
Generic "Made in Sweden" Swedish glass foil label, found on Alsterfors vase.
British Glass Labels
British Factory Labels
Alum Bay:
"Alum Bay Glass, Isle of White" English glass paper label.
"Made by Alum Bay Glass, Isle of White" English glass foil label.
Davidson / Brama:
"Hand Made Crystal, Davidson, England" English glass foil label.
"Hand Made Luna Crystal, by Brama, England" English glass foil label for the "Luna" range.
Liskeard:
"LGS" (Liskeard Studio Glass) English glass clear plastic label.
"Liskeard Studio Glass, Hand-made in Cornwall, England" English glass clear plastic label.
"LG, Liskeard Glass, Hand-made in Cornwall, England" English glass paper label.
Monart / Vasart / Strathearn:
"Strathearn, Hand Made in Scotland" Scottish glass paper label.
"Vasart Glass, Hand Made in Scotland" Scottish glass foil label.
Stevens & Williams / Royal Brierley:
"Since 1776, Royal Brierley, Handmade in England" English glass paper label.
"Since 1776, Royal Brierley Art Glass, Hand Made in England" English glass foil label.
Wedgwood / Kings Lynn:
"Wedgwood, England" English glass foil label.
"Wedgwood, England" English glass paper label.
"Wedgwood Crystal" English glass paper label.
"Wedgwood Glass, England, Hand Made" English glass foil label.
"Lynn, England" Kings Lynn English glass paper label.
Other British Factory Labels:
"Caithness Glass, Handmade in Scotland" Scottish glass plastic label.
"Chance Glass, A member of the Pilkington Group, Made in England" English glass foil label.
"Dartington Crystal, England" English glass paper label.
"Heron Glass" English glass foil label.
"Handmade in Scotland, by John Deacons" Scottish glass paper label.
"Nazeing, Hand-made, English Glassware" British glass foil label, c 1970's.
"Sowerbys Tynesyde Glassware, Made in England" English glass foil label.
"Bristol Blue, Thomas Webb & Sons, England" paper label for the "Bristol Blue" range.
"Whitefriars, Made in England" English glass paper label.
British Retailer Labels
"Luxury Glass, Elwell's, Harlow, Essex, British Hand Made" foil retail label, found on Nazeing glass.
Czech / Bohemian Glass Labels
Czech Factory Labels
Skrdlovice / Beranek:
"Hand Made Skrdlovice, Czechoslovakia" Czech glass foil label.
"Hand Made Skrdlovice, Czechoslovakia" Czech glass foil label.
"Beranek, Hand Made, Made in Czech Republic" Czech glass paper label.
Zelezny Brod Sklo (ZBS):
"Bohemia Glass Hand Cut Lead, ZBS, Made in Czechoslovakia" Zelezny Brod Sklo Czech glass foil label.
"Bohemia Glass, ZBS, Made in Czechoslovakia" Zelezny Brod Sklo Czech glass foil label (used 1960's - 1980's).
"Hand Made, ZBS, Czech Republic" Zelezny Brod Sklo Czech glass foil label (used 1990's +).
Other Czech Factory Labels:
"Bohemia Hand Made, Atelier Veselous, Czech Republic" Czech glass foil label.
"Hand Made Glass, Chřibská"" Czech glass foil label.
"Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Hand Made, Crystalex"" Czech glass foil label.
Generic & Other Czech Labels
"Bohemia Glass, Made in Czechoslovakia" generic Czech glass foil label.
"Bohemia Glass, Made in Czechoslovakia" generic Czech glass foil label.
"Jones Glass, Hand Made, Czechoslovakia" Czech glass foil import label, found on Prachen vase.
Maltese Glass Labels
Maltese Factory Labels
Mdina:
"Mdina Glass" Maltese glass paper label.
"Mdina Glass, Malta" Maltese glass paper label.
"Mdina Glass, Malta" Maltese glass clear plastic label.
Mtarfa / Valletta:
"Mtarfa Glassblowers" Maltese glass foil label.
"Mtarfa Glassblowers, Malta" Maltese glass foil label.
"Mtarfa Glassblowers, Malta" Maltese glass foil label.
Other Maltese Factory Labels:
"Gozo Glass"" Maltese glass paper label.
"Phoenician Glass" Maltese glass foil label.
German & Austrian Glass Labels
German & Austrian Factory Labels
Ingridglas:
"Ingridgläser - Ingridkristall, Garantiert Handarbeit" German glass foil label.
"Ingridgläser, Kerzenleuchter" German glass foil label.
Walther:
German glass foil label with Walther factory logo.
"Alle Schönheit die Glas haben kann, Walther, Made in Western Germany" German glass foil label.
Schott Zwiesel:
"Handmade, Zwiesel, 1872" German glass paper label.
"Schott Zwiesel, Handmade" German glass foil label.
Other German & Austrian Factory Labels:
"Friedrich Kristall" German glass foil label.
"Hirschberg" German glass foil label.
"Oberglas, Austria" Austrian glass foil label.
"St, Made in Austria" Stölzle Austrian glass foil label.
Generic & Other German & Austrian Labels
Generic "Made in West Germany" paper export label, found on Friedrich vase.
Other Glass Labels
"Opaline de Lorraine, Verrerte de Portieux, France" French glass foil label.
Portieux "Opaline de Lorraine, Veritable, Made in France" French glass foil label.
French glass foil scroll label, reads "Veritable Opaline de Cristallin".
"Val St Lambert, Cristal, Belgium, Depose" Belgian glass foil label.
"Sasaki Glassware, Japan" Japanese glass foil label.
"Nasco, Japan" foil import label for Japanese glass.
"Product de Pologne, Krosno, Made in Poland" Polish glass plastic label.
"Jaffe Rose, Hand Made in Poland" import label for Polish glass.
"Kerry Glass, Hand Made - Ireland" Irish glass paper label.
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