Murano/Venetian Blue & Uranium Green Sommerso Glass Vase

Description

Here is a wonderful Venetian freeform glass vase, made on the island of Murano, near Venice, Italy. In a stunning combination of blue glass cased in uranium yellow green glass, which is further encased in clear glass, using the renowned Venetian sommerso technique. The small amounts of Uranium in the glass cause this vase to glow a brilliant bright green in UV light.

Size

Measures approx 7.25 inches tall by 3.25 inches in diameter at widest point.

Condition

Has a tiny fleabite to the base rim (10th pic), and what seems to be lots of very fine surface scratches all over, which are hardly visible unless the light catches it at the right angle (9th pic for an example).