Sculptures & Vessels

Vladimir Klein "Ridges Aquamarine Vase". A tall rectangular glass vase, of textured translucent aqua, with rows of notches on each corner edge. Piece has two peaked sides, and two shorter straight sides. Signed. LE of 500. Length 3 1/2", width 2 1/8", height 10 1/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2016 Zanfirico blue, green and white duck sculpture. Blue, black, green, yellow and white latticinio tubes alternate to form a hollow duck, its head with two millefiori eyes and yellow latticinio beak. Signed/dated. Height 3 7/8", length 5 5/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2013 Zanfirico brown owl sculpture. Ribbons of brown, black, white with two threads of yellow and green with purple and white latticinio twists alternate with one another to form the body of an owl. His two wide eyes, composed of yellow and black millefiori, rest above a small yellow beak. Signed/dated. Height 5 5/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2014 Zanfirico brown owl sculpture. Ribbons of brown, butterscotch and white latticinio twists alternate with one another to form the body of an owl. His two millefiori wide eyes rest above a small yellow beak. Signed/dated. Height 5 3/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2017 white rose decorative shallow glass bowl. Through a complex and technical method, a shallow bowl is decorated with a wide ring of swirling white latticinio, bordered on the inside rim with a blue-encased white latticinio twist. The same twist is repeated closer to the middle, where it surrounds a complex center featuring a white rose surrounded by yellow roses, then complex blue and white millefiori canes. The bowl rests atop a white latticinio base edged in cobalt blue, echoing the design of the top section. Signed/dated. Diameter 11", height 2 7/8". [hide]

Michael Hunter "Dizzy" decorative shallow glass bowl. "The bowl is made from 3 incalmo sections, the outside two sections are alternating "vetro a fili" whilst the centre is a latticcinio incalmo section. The three cups are pre-made and fused together while hot at the furnace. It's very complex and technical, this style combines ancient Venetian techniques."- Michael Hunter. Signed "Vetro #2". Diameter 12 1/4", height 2 1/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2017 black merletto hollow blown pear sculpture. A hollow pear has stripes of extremely fine twisting tubing radiating in a spiraling direction from the top apex of the stem down to the base flower navel in a delicate lacy, sultry and mysterious black merletto technique. A dark green sculpted leaf tops the stem. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4", height 6 1/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2017 patch work apple sculpture. A hollow blown apple is patched with fifteen contrasting sections of canes arranged in patterns and designs that mesmerize. The apple is topped by a latticinio stem that sports a sculpted green leaf. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2013 Zanfirico white owl sculpture. Black and white ribbons of latticinio twists alternate with one another to form the body of an owl. His face and stomach are a cascade of white and his two millefiori eyes flank a small yellow beak. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16", height 5 15/16". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2012 Zanfirico butterscotch, blue and white duck sculpture. A proud white chest and blue winged duck is crested by a butterscotch-colored head and prominent beak. Signed/dated. Height 4", length 5 7/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter (2018) Zanfirico alternating blue, black and white ribbon candy sculpture. Tightly-knit white filament staves alternate with pairs of blue filament staves, accented with white and black, and black staves, accented in white, to form the wrapper of a hollow candy-shaped sculpture. Length 4 11/16", width 2 1/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter (2018) Zanfirico alternating mauve and white ribbon candy sculpture. Tightly-knit white filament staves alternate with pairs of mauve filament staves, one with gray sections framed by white and the other with sections of purple framed by white and black, to form the wrapper of a hollow candy-shaped sculpture. Length 5", width 2 1/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter (2018) Zanfirico alternating yellow and white ribbon candy sculpture. Tightly-knit white filament staves alternate with pairs of yellow filament staves, one with orange and black highlights and the other with sections of orange framed by white and black, to form the wrapper of a hollow candy-shaped sculpture. Length 4 9/16", width 2 1/8". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2016 Zanfirico black and white penguin sculpture. Ribbons of black latticinio alternate with others of black and white, in a cascade originating at the head of a penguin with two millefiori eyes and a protruding latticinio beak. White latticinio ribbons form the penguin's belly, briefly interrupted by two small patches of symmetrically interposed yellow. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4", height 5 5/8". [hide]

Soul Glass Opaline Speckled Octopus small three-dimensional glass sculpture. Signed/dated. Length 8. [hide]

Soul Glass Octopus three-dimensional glass sculpture, with a brown, white, and gold-speckled yellow-green body and legs. Signed/dated. Length 9 1/4. [hide]

Soul Glass Octopus small three-dimensional glass sculpture, with a mottled aqua body and legs, and iridescent eyes. Signed/dated. Length 8. [hide]

Soul Glass Octopus three-dimensional glass sculpture, with a cobalt blue body, lavender legs, and a green or orange underside. Signed/dated. Length 9. [hide]

Soul Glass Octopus three-dimensional glass sculpture, with a green-speckled body. Signed/dated. Length 9. [hide]

Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand. A clear and shallow bowl, with a blue-over-white rim, is shaped with six ruffle lobes and rises from a base filled with scrambled millefiori and latticinio bits, including a complete dog silhouette cane near the center, in the traditional pistachio, chartreuse, coral and light blue colors. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/2", height 3 1/2". [hide]

Perthshire Paperweights (1982-1996) concentric millefiori perfume bottle. Five concentric rings of millefiori surround a center signature cane on translucent cobalt blue ground. Thick threads of the same cobalt blue color hang vertically within a pointed stopper. Diameter 2 3/4", height 5 1/4". [hide]

Antique Venetian round scent bottle with brass stopper. The portrait cane of a Venetian gentlemen and a gondola picture cane, along with a partial portrait cane, emerge from a sea of aventurine and colored glass in shades of red, blue, green, turquoise and white. Finished with a simple brass stopper. Height 2 1/8", width 1 1/2". [hide]

Peter Layton Chalcedony large cylinder vase. Overlapping swirls of cream, beige, and caramel, surround the translucent blue sides of the piece. Signed. Height 10. [hide]

Lundberg Studios rose canes on black egg-shaped paperweight, by Daniel Salazar. Variously-colored Clichy-style rose canes, with trios of green sepals, are scattered atop an opaque black egg shape. Signed. Diameter 1 1/8". [hide]