Giacomo Franchini - "PB 1845" Signature and Date Murrine

Giacomo Franchini - "PB 1845" Signature and Date Murrine

 

Year:  1845

 

Dimensions: 13.8mm x 8.7mm x 1.4mm

(0.54in x 0.34in x 0.05in)

 

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

• Date and Signature murrine " PB 1845", page 66, fig. 564

 

 

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Item #: 1154

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.