Giacomo Franchini - Double Sided Goldstone Plaque, "G.F." and Rialto Bridge

Giacomo Franchini - Double Sided Goldstone Plaque, "G.F." and Rialto Bridge

 

Year: 1845-48

 

Dimensions: 23mm x 23mm x 4mm

(0.92in x 0.92in x 0.15in)

 

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

• Plaque
• Rialto Bridge Complex murrine, page 48, fig 440
• Giacomo Franchini Signature murrine "G.F.", page 43, fig 381

 

Rialto Bridge Complex murrine, fig 440 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy

Giacomo Franchini Signature murrine "G.F.", fig 381 - Exact example on display at the Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum) in Venice, Italy

 

 

 

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Item #: 1022

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.