Twelve 1960s Italian Empoli Green Glass Bottles Decanters Bon Bon or Candy Jars
Date: 20th Century
PRICE: SOLD
Dimensions: H 64cm W 18cm D 17cm
Shipping: $400
Spectacular set of twelve 1960s green Italian Empoli pressed and blown glass. Five genie bottles, a blown glass pitcher in the prettiest colour green, a whiskey decanter, a large dog shaped bottle and a tiny cute little cate shaped one. Two very pretty blown glass apothecary or candy jars and a small bulbous decanter.
Mention Italian glass and probably everyone’s mind immediately leaps to Venice and Murano.
But there is another almost equally famous centre of Italian glass making known as Empoli.
Empoli, a region where there were many glass companies, on the west side of Italy, southwest of Florence, has been producing and exporting glass since the 14th century. The trademark color "Empoli Green" known as “Empoli Verde" was created from the iron that occurred locally in the sands of the Empoli region. Empoli glass is generally much simpler and does not have the intricately applied trim or decorations associated with Venetian and Murano pieces.
The simple traditional styles of Empoli glass were quickly adapted to the abstract shapes of mid 20th century modernism. It became hugely popular as a decorative home accent, and was exported across the world.
Now they are highly sought after by international collectors and look beautiful arranged together.
All bottles have their stopper and are different in design, shape and size (height with stopper):
Large swirl genie bottle, pressed glass, 64cm high, ø 13 (25.2" x 5.1")
Large butternut squash shaped genie bottle, pressed glass, 62cm high, ø 18cm (24.4" x 7.1")
Large dog bottle, pressed glass, 57,5cm high 17cm wide, 15cm deep (22.6"x6.7" x 5.9")
Bubble genie bottle, pressed glass, 56cm high, ø 13 (22" x 5.1")
Blown glass pitcher with clear glass foot, 39cm high, 14cm wide, 10cm deep (15.35" x 5.5"x3.9")
Square "striped candy" genie bottle, pressed glass, 39cm high, ø 13cm (15.4" x 5.1")
Bulbous onion shaped genie bottle, pressed glass, 39cm high, ø18cm (15.4" x 7.1")
Diamond 'cut' whiskey decanter, 35cm high, ø 9cm (13.8" x 3.5")
Large blown glass candy or apothecary jar, 32cm high, ø 20cm (12.6" x 7.9")
Small bright green blown glass candy or apothecary jar on clear glass foot, 24cm high, ø 13cm (9.5" x 5.1")
Little cat bottle, pressed glass, 23cm high, 7cm wide, 6cm deep (9.1" x 2.8" x 2.4")
Mini bulbous decanter, pressed glass 19cm high, ø15cm (7.5" x 5.9")
Like Murano glass in the 1950s-1960s the great majority of Empoli glass was marked only with relatively generic “Made in Italy” paper or foil label. Over time, many of the original labels have fallen off and the majority of Empoli MCM glass now is unmarked.
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