Oball Glass Identification Guide + Gallery
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Vetreria Artistica Oball was founded in 1978 on the island of Murano, Venice, Italy, by Luigi Onesto, who had previously worked at Gambaro & Poggi since the age of 15. Luigi was later joined at the Oball factory by his sons, Fabio Onesto and Michele Onesto. Oball are best known for their very impressive, multi layered sommerso vases, bottles and other objects. The Oball factory identification code for the "Vetro Artistico Murano" certification is 004.
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Vases
A blue, green and clear Murano sommerso vase. Made by Oball, labelled.
A red, green, yellow and clear Murano sommerso vase with controlled bubble pattern. Made by Oball, signed.
A blue, turquoise and clear Murano multi-layered sommerso vase. Made by Oball, designed by Luigi Onesto, signed "L Onesto, Murano" and labelled.
A pink, black and clear Murano sommerso organic vase. Made by Oball, designed by Michele Onesto (son of Luigi), signed and labelled.
A blue, pink, turquoise and clear Murano multi-layered sommerso vase. Made by Oball, designed by Luigi Onesto, signed.
A blue, green and clear Murano sommerso heart shaped vase. Made by Oball, designed by Michele Onesto (son of Luigi), signed "Michele Onesto, Murano" and labelled.
A red, blue, amber and clear Murano sommerso glass vase, Made by the Oball factory, sold by Bucella Cristalli, labelled and signed.
A pink, opaque white and clear Murano alabastro glass ribbed vase. Made by Oball.
A very similar example with a label can be seen here.
A pink, blue and clear Murano sommerso organic vase. Made by Oball, signed.
A pink, opaque white and clear Murano sommerso glass organic vase. Made by Oball, signed & labelled.
A pink, opaque white and clear Murano sommerso glass organic vase. Made by Oball, labelled.
A pink, opaque white and clear Murano sommerso glass organic vase. Made by Oball, labelled.
A red, amber and clear Murano sommerso glass faceted block vase. Made by Oball, labelled.
Reference Books
ITALIAN GLASS: Century 20
Murano Glass Themes and Variations (1910-1970)
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