Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque - Cavour Center Murrine
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Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque - Cavour Center Murrine
Year: 1860
Dimensions: 49mm x 36mm x 5mm
(1.9in x 1.4in x 0.2in)
Giovanni Sarpellon - Miniature Masterpieces, Mosaic Glass 1838-1924 (English edition)
- Plaque - Similar - Page 79, fig. 618
- Cavour, page 82, fig 641
- Initial murrine "BB", page 43, fig 359
- Pink Rose millefiori, page 39, fig 275
- Initial murrine "G'dE", page 43, fig 370
- Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 141
- Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 140
- Complex millefiori, page 39, fig 276
- Date murrine "1848", page 43, fig 395
- Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 104
Complex millefiori, fig 276 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy
Cavour, fig 641 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy
Condition: Very light scratch, top right corner
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Item #: 1009
ARTIST BIO
The Franchini Family
The Franchinis were father and son Venetian glass workers in the mid-1800s. Giacomo Franchini (the son of Giovanni Battista Franchini) worked with his father to create elaborate millefiori canes that incorporated floral patterns and figurative images. His most recognizable and exceptional murrine are those depicting the portraits of the heroes on the Risorgimento – Garibaldi, Cavour, and Victor Emmanuel II – as well as Napoleon III and Emperor Franz Joseph.