Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque with Original Case/Box

Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque with Original Case/Box

 

Year: 1860

 

Dimensions:

Plaque

78mm x 60mm x 5.6mm (3in x 2.36in x 0.22in)

Box

104mm x 104mm x 21mm (4.1in x 4.1in x 0.82in)

 

Giovanni Sarpellon - Miniature Masterpieces, Mosaic Glass 1838-1924 (English edition)

• Plaque - Similar - Page 79, fig. 618
• Angelina, page 71, fig 578
• Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 74
• Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 139
• Complex millefiori, page 37, fig 119
• Stemmed Roses murrine, page 44, fig 406
• Gondola murrine, page 47, fig 437
• Cavour, page 82, fig 642
• Giacomo Franchini Signature murrine "G.F.", page 43, fig 381
• Date murrine "1848", page 43, fig 395
• Pink Rose murrine, page 39, fig 273
• Complex murrine, page 39, fig 276

 

Complex millefiori, fig 276 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy

Stemmed Roses murrine, fig 406 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy

 

Condition: Crack down center of plaque, still intact

 

 

 

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Item #: 1023

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.