Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque - Garibaldi Center Murrine

Very Rare Giacomo Franchini Goldstone Plaque - Garibaldi Center Murrine

 

Year: 1860

 

Dimensions: 49mm x 34mm x 4.5mm

(1.9in x 1.3in x 0.18in)

 

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

• Plaque - Similar - Page 79, fig. 618
• Garibaldi, page 81, fig 622
• Complex millefiori, page 39, fig 265
• Initial murrine "G'dE", page 43, fig 370
• Complex millefiori, page 39, fig 276
• Complex millefiori, page 36, fig 100
• Date murrine "1848", page 43, fig 395
• Complex millefiori, page 37, fig 121
• Stemmed Roses murrine, page 44, fig 406
• Complex millefiori, page 39, fig 210

 

Garibaldi, fig 622 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy

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

 

 

 

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Item #: 1010

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.