Scandinavian Style Opal Cased Glass Identification Guide + Gallery
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Listed here are Scandinavian, or Scandinavian style glass pieces, with the distinctive internal 'opal white' cased style made famous by Scandinavian factories such as Holmegaard, Alsterfors, and Lindshammar. This style has also been reproduced in other areas of the world including Germany, Japan and Italy.
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Scandinavian Style Opal Cased Glass from Italy
A blue cased glass hooped vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Can be found with labels that read "Genuine Hand Made In Italy Arno Arte Toscana".
An amber cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy, by Vetreria Artistica Sanminiatello (V.A.S.).
A green cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A red cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A green cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A blue cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A blue cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
An orange and white Murano glass vase with satinato frosted / satin finish. Made by Carlo Moretti, labelled.
A blue cased glass vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Label reads "Made in Italy".
A blue cased glass vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Label reads "Made in Italy".
An orange cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
An amber cased glass vase with spikey seed pod design, made in the Empoli region of Italy, labelled.
An orange cased glass vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Label reads "Made in Italy".
A blue cased glass vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A yellow cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A turquoise blue cased glass hooped vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
An orange cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
An orange cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A yellow cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A red cased glass vase, probably made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A grey cased glass VB Opaline Florence vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy, labelled.
A large amber cased glass vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Label reads "Hand, AV, made in Italy".
A blue and white cased glass hooped vase, made in the Empoli region of Italy. Can be found with labels that read "Made in Italy".
A purple cased glass hooped vase with inner opal white casing. Label reads "Cristal Murano". More likely made in the Empoli region of Italy, with the word "Murano" being used to make the item more appealing, as sometimes happens with Empoli glass labels. Very similar to a design by Alfred Taube of Germany.
A large turquoise blue and white cased glass vase with textured pattern, made in the Empoli region of Italy.
A blue cased glass vase, with inner white casing, made in the Empoli region of Italy.
Reference Books
Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000: Fire & Sea
Scandinavian Glass 1930-2000: Smoke & Ice
Scandinavian Glass: Creative Energies
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