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current overseas glassworkers

A list of current overseas (i.e. non-United Kingdom) manufacturers of artistic glass of all kinds, together with any contact details we have (addresses, telephone numbers and/or websites).

N.B. This list does not include many of the major manufacturing companies, which are already listed elsewhere under glassware manufacturers

  • America
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Sweden
  • America

    Bokrosh, Michael R (III)
    1905 22nd Avenue S, Seattle, WA 98144, USA
    (+1-206-860 9748)
    website
    31 years in glass, having worked at many major European glassworks. All kinds of artistic glass, including monumental sculptures & glass repairs

    Correia Art Glass
    PO Box 1408, Santa Monica, CA 90406, USA
    (+1-310-394-7300)
    website
    Founded 1973 by Steven Correia. Now works with his younger brother Jeffrey & sister Algerine. Mainly scent-bottles & paperweights, with some vases etc.

    Fuhrman Glass Studios Inc
    7497 Short Mountain Road, Woodbury,Tennessee, TN 37190, USA
    (+ 1-615-563 5898)
    website
    Tom Fuhrman has been making glass since 1974. Blown, fused, slumped, lampworked, laminated sculptural, stained glass etc., from small decorative pieces to large public art installations. Studio open to visitors (please be sure to call first). Also workshops and instruction, and we have a fair collection of very old cast iron and steel molds that are looking for a new home!

    GlassArtists.org
    website
    A US-based free online photo gallery where glass artists can display photos of their art

    Lieberman, Walter
    4062 Latona Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
    (+ 1-206-633-0414)
    website
    Expert American glass enamellist

    Lundberg Studios
    PO Box C, 131 Old Coast Road, Davenport, CA 95017, USA
    (+ 1-831-423 2532)
    website
    California. Originally founded 1970 by James (died 1992) & Steve Lundberg (left the company in 1997- see 'Steven & Justin Lundberg Glass Art', below). Iridescent lamps, lamp-shades, vases, scent-bottles etc

    Mongrain Glass Studio
    724 First Street, Mukilteo, WA 98275, USA
    (+ 1-206-229 5170)
    website
    James Mongrain, born 1968. First learned glassblowing from his brother Jeff. Finely-blown façon de Venise drinking-glasses, vases etc

    Mosser Glass Inc
    9279 Cadiz Road, Cambridge, OH 43725, USA
    (+ 1-740-439 1827)
    website
    Founded 1971 by Thomas R Mosser. Produces reproductions of early American press-moulded glassware

    Olympic Color Rods
    818 John Street, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
    (+ 1-206-343 7336)
    (Postal address: PO Box 9240, Seattle, WA 98109-1040, USA)

    website
    Suppliers of materials for glassblowing & lamp-working

    Steven & Justin Lundberg Glass Art
    101 Sunny Street, Talent, OR 97540, USA
    (+ 1-866-480 8572)
    Steve left Lundberg Studios to found the Steven Lundberg Glass Art Studio in Santa Cruz, California in 1997. Soon after Steven was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in 2002, he created Steven & Justin Lundberg Glass Art in partnership with his son, with whom he worked until his death on 12th April 2008. We understand Justin continues to make art glass

    Thompson, Cappy
    address & telephone number unknown
    website
    Leading stained glass artist and glass enamellist

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    Australia

    Crane Glass
    38 Allinga Avenue, Glenside, South Australia
    (+61-8-8379 2006)
    website
    lan Mckenzie. One of the last beveller/brillant cutters of glass & mirrors in Australia. Also repairs, restores & deals in antique glassware

    Glassware Company, The
    PO Box 1075, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia 4558
    (+61-7-5443 5100)
    website
    Steve & Lisa Webb. Specialists in acid-etching designs on drinking-glasses of all types, from corporate logos to wedding inscriptions

    Gordon Studio
    290 Red Hill Road, corner Dunns Creek Road, Red Hill, Victoria 3937, Australia
    (+61-3-5989 7073)
    website
    The Children of Alasdair & Rish Gordon (see below), Kevin Gordon & Eileen Gordon (both glass blowers) & Eileen's partner Grant Donaldson (also a glass blower)

    Gordon Studio Glass Engravers
    23 Carrington Street, Palmyra, Western Australia 6157, Australia
    (+61-8-9339 4401)
    website
    Alasdair & Rish Gordon (engravers)

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    Austria

    Magusia Johansson
    Vienna, Austria
    (+43-650-333 3539)
    website   e-mail
    Born in Poland, raised in the Netherlands. Moved to Sweden in 1979 & learned to blow glass at the Orrefors Glass school. From 1992 to1994, she had a stained glass studio in Stockholm. Now has a creative fused glass studio in the centre of Vienna

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    Canada

    Robert Held Art Glass
    2130 Pine Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 5B1 (gallery)
    (+ 1-604-737 0020)
    (Toll-free number [North America only] 1-800-665 0725)

    website
    Canada's largest glass blowing studio (in Kitsilano) and gallery, formerly known as Skookum Art Glass (founded 1978). Classic to contemporary art glass vases, bowls, paperweights etc. Designs inspired by the work of artists such as Monet, Klimt and Tiffany.

    Galactic Art Glass
    781 Main Street East, Unit 26-27, Milton, Ontario L9T 5A9
    (+ 1-905-876-1609)
    website
    Virginia Wilson Toccalino & Tony Toccalino, who have been working with glass since 1982. Specialists in manufacture of filigrana canes & murrhine

    NovaScotian Crystal
    Waterfront (Lower Water Street at the foot of George), PO Box 364 HCPO, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2P8
    (+ 1-888-977-2797)
    website
    Established 1997. Canada’s only maker of mouth-blown, hand-cut crystal

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    China

    Strictly speaking, most of these Chinese glassworks are industrial & commercial. However, they are keen to learn, and will turn their hands to anything involving glass, so we feel they deserve our encouragement!

    Baihui Art Glass
    Industrial Park of Zhejiang Yiwu Mussels, QQ 766993110
    (mobile phone: 13738973606)
    website    online shop
    Fantastic, elaborate & extremely colourful Art Glass objects & sculptural pieces, wall art & chandeliers

    Huafu Glassware Co Ltd
    9, West District, Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Chengde, Hebei Province, China 067000
    (+ 86-314-205 9380)
    website
    Established 1954. Wide range of high-quality stemware etc

    Kingtom Glass Co Ltd
    1718 Shuma Plaza, Haier Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao Shandong, China 266061
    (+ 86-532-8099 9986)
    website
    Tempered glass cookery & tableware, as well as insulated & laminated glass, glass for solar panels, bevelled mirrors, & glass for stoves, furniture & architectural use

    Shawin Products Co Ltd
    Rm 302, Dingguanyin, Baixia,Nanjing, China 210001
    (+ 86-25-8399 9480)
    website
    Established 2000. Glass & ceramic products, including stemware, tableware, vases etc

    Tianbao Glassware Apparatus Factory
    5# Donglilu, Chengdong, Anyi, Baoying, Jiangsu, China 225800
    (+ 86-514-823 1096)
    website
    Originally specialising in laboratory glassware, they are now moving into other areas of lamp-worked glass, such as scent-bottles, hour-glasses, lamps etc

    Weilun Glassware Co Ltd
    Xinqiao Shajing, Bao'an District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
    (+ 86-755-2795 5216)
    website
    Founded in 2001. Mass-produces glassware for such companies as Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, K-Mart, Tesco, B&Q, BHS etc. All kinds of functional & 'artistic' glassware

    Yao Glass Products Co Ltd
    5-801, Lane 681, E Shan Road, Shanghai, China 200127
    (+ 86-21-5870 0907)
    website
    Established 1990s. Specialists in glass for lighting, but will manufacture to any specification

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    Czech Republic

    Artel Glass
    164 Vinhoradská, 130-00 Praha 3, Czech Republic (also Scarsdale, NY, USA)
    (+ 420- 271-732-161)
    website
    High-quality cut & engraved crystal, plain & coloured

    Bohemian Glassworks
    Skalice 134, 47117 Czech Republic
    (+ 420-487-754 599)
    website
    Martin Cabejsek. Established 1999. Modern studio pieces, reproduction antique glass, stained glass, mirrors, paperweights etc

    Cambalová, Pavlína
    Udoli 586, 46401 Frydlant, Czech Republic
    (+ 420- 728-110-847)
    website
    Pavlína is a highly talented Czech artist & glass engraver. She studied in the Czech Republic, but now lives & works in Vienna, "trying to do something extraordinary with the 'old & traditional' engraving techniques" (studio: Wiengasse 6/2/2, 1140 Wien, Austria - tel: + 43-699-101-607-48)

    Crystal Glamour, a.s.
    Okrouhlice 215, 582 31 Okrouhlice Czech Republic
    (+ 420-569-480 501)
    website
    Established 1991. Traditional hand-blown, cut, and gilded Bohemian lead crystal. Lamps, stemware, paperweights etc. Commissions undertaken (contact: Jaroslav Kotara)

    Desná Glass (see Jablonex Group)

    Glassbor
    Nová 162, 473 01 Nový Bor, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-487 726 515)
    website
    A family company, founded by husband and wife Václav and Eva Kuželka in 1994. All kinds of glassware, from reproduction antique glass to modern designs

    Glass Studio Müller
    Urchlického 169, 534 01 Holice, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-466 681 235)
    website
    Established 1997 by Igor Müller (born 1969), who trained at Art & Industrial Glass Institute, Zelezny Brod, before working for various glasswoeks, including 3 years in the USA. Produces high-quality replicas of Art Nouveau & Renaissance glassware, as well as original modern pieces

    Jablonex Group
    468 61 Desná, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-483-343 227)
    website
    Established 2005. Formerly the state-owned Jablonec Glassworks (established c 1945), which incorporated several pre-War glassworks in the Desná valley. Privatised in 1990, it was acquired by the Ornela company. Glassware sold under the name 'Desná Glass', much of it reproductions from the pre-War moulds of the original companies, especially Hoffmann & Schlevogt

    Moser Glass
    Kpt. Jaroše 46/19, 360 06 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-353 449 455)
    website
    The venerable old Moser company, now back in private ownership after many years of being state-owned

    Preciosa
    Opletalova 3197, 466 67 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-488-115 555)
    website
    All kinds of crystal, from chandeliers & light fittings to figurines (see also 'Preciosa Ornela')

    Preciosa Ornela
    Zásada 317, 468 25 Zásada, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-483-332 611)
    website
    Crystal beads & fashion jewellery 'stones'

    Royal Glassworks
    Panská 158, 47201 Doksy, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-602 323 922)
    website
    Replicas of historic glassware, from antiquity to Art Nouveau

    Štepánek, Václav
    Ke Koupališti 1315, 473 01 Novy Bor, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-602 174 863)
    website
    Studio established 1990. After training at the Nový Bor Glass School, Václav worked for many years at Crystalex, producing glass designs by leading artists such as Pavel Hlava, Prof. S Libensky, Dale Chihuly & others. Works with his sons, producing replicas of historic glassware from Renaissance to Art Nouveau, with some original designs

    Votoček, Zbynek
    Krasna 48, 468 21 Bratrikov, Czech Republic
    (+ 420-483 397 326)
    website
    Manufacturers of high-quality reproduction 19th Century, Art Nouveau and Art Deco glassware (some of which is commonly seen around the fairs being offered as the real thing!)

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    Denmark

    Royal Copenhagen Holmegaard Glasvaerk
    Fensmark, DK-4700 Naestved
    (+ 45-55-54 62 00)
    website
    The Holmegaard glassworks, now part of the Royal Copenhagen group

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    Finland

    Muurla Design
    Muurlantie 9, 25130 Muurla
    (+ 358 - 2 - 0711 8899)
    website
    Elegant modern Finnish glassware

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    Germany

    Glaskunst Stadler Lindberg
    Lehenerstrasse 5, 94227 Lindberg, Germany
    (+ 49-9922-60796 or 9922-2486)
    website
    Christian Stadler. Elaborately engraved cased & plain glass items based on traditional German & Bohemian styles

    Joska Kristall
    Am Moosbach 1, 94249 Bodenmais, Germany
    (+ 49-9924-7790)
    website
    Founded by Josef Kagerbauer in 1960 in the Bavarian Forest, a traditional glass-making area. His son, Josef (junior) now runs the company, which specialises in crystal trophies, but also produces decorative items & stemware

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    India

    Beads'N'Jewellery
    Onam International, N-3/75-R-24, Pragya Nagar Colony, Sunderpur, Varanasi, 221 005 (UP) India
    (+ 91-171 263 3027)
    website
    Established 1999. A huge range of beads, many of lampworked glass

    Glass Agencies
    5309, Anaj Mandi, Ambala Cantt-133001, Haryana, India
    (+ 91- 970 4314 577)
    website
    Established 1956. Manufacturers & exporters of laboratory blown-glass apparatus & calibrated glass wares, under the tradename 'Erose'

    Style Beads
    15/320-1, Lallapura, Varanasi, 221 010 (UP), India
    (+ 91- 970 4314 577)
    website
    Established 1956. All kinds of glass & other beads

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    Italy

    Italian Lighting Centre UK
    4 Meliden Road, Penarth, Vale Of Glamorgan CF64 3UG
    (029-2070 7037)
    website
    OK, it's not in Italy, but we could hardly include it in 'current British glassmakers'. A British-owned on-line designer Italian lighting store, based in the UK, who stock both traditional & modern Murano lighting

    N.B. The manufacturers below are based in Italy. If you can't find the Murano or Venetian glassmaker you want, try www.venetian-glass.info, which has comprehensive (and possibly more up-to-date!) listings, together with e-mail and website links

    Accaeffe Vetreria
    Fondamenta San Giovanni dei Battuti 4/13, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 500)
    Nothing known about product range of this glassworks

    Aguerre Ravizza, Roberto
    (in conjunction with Berengo Fine Arts, Murano)
    website
    Uruguayan artist & film-maker, now lives in Rome & Madrid. Began working in glass in the mid 1970s. Designs coloured glass sculptures with included jewels & semi-precious stones from South American

    Albertini Gianfranco, La Fenice di
    Fondamenta Vivarini 152, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 699)
    Artistic filigree glassware & bathroom accessories

    Alt, Vetreria
    Fondamenta Navagero 32, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 540)
    Paperweights & ornaments

    Amadi Bruno
    San Polo 2747, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-38089)
    Artistic lamp-worked glassware

    Andreotta Ottavio
    Calle Pescheria 5, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 939)
    18th Century-style Venetian chandeliers, glass objects & ornaments

    Andromeda International Produzione Vendita Lampadari
    Calle Miotti 16, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Handmade glass for lighting design

    Anfora di Ferro Renzo
    Isola Serenella, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 669)
    Artistic glassware & ornaments. 18th Century-style chandeliers & drinking-glasses

    Antica Murano
    Fondamenta Manin 1, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1991. Lamps, chandeliers, glasses, vases, wall-pieces

    Antichi Angeli
    Campo Calle San Giuseppe 7, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1980. Run by three brothers, Carlo, Emanuele & Rossella Collizza, sons of Valerio Collizza. Reproductions of antique vases, lamps & lanterns etc

    Antico Forno
    San Marco 1644, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-704 362)
    Blown glass chandeliers & drinking-glasses

    Ars Cenedese Murano Vetreria Artistica Cristalleria
    Fondamenta Venier 48, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1946. Decorative tableware, lamps, chandeliers, objets d'arts. Filigree work a speciality. Modern & 'old Murano'-style chandeliers

    Ars Murano
    Calle San Giuseppe 7, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1982 by three glass masters, Roberto Cammozzo, Elio Raffaeli & Renzo Vianello. Artistic sculptures, aquariums

    Art of Glass, The (see Sfriso Cristina - Murano)

    Ballarin, Mario & Francesco
    Fondamenta Venier 2, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 587)
    Artistic blown & engraved glassware

    Ballarin, Vetreria Artistica
    Campo San Bernardo 18, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Stefano & Giuliano Ballarin, from an old Murano glassblowing family. Traditional-style artistic blown glassware

    Barbini, Alfredo
    Fondamenta Venier 44/48, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1950. Alfredo first collaborated with sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi. Modern-style lamps & objects for furnishing in minimalist tones & inspired by crystalline structure

    Barbini, Fratelli
    Fondamenta Serenella, Calle Bertolini 17a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 777)
    Wheel-engraved glassware & mirrors

    Barovier & Toso
    Fondamenta Vetrai 28, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    The Barovier family began making glass in Murano in the 13th Century. They merged with the Toso family in 1942, & specialise in chandeliers & traditional drinking vessels, as well as glass art

    Berengo Fine Arts
    Fondamenta Vetrai 109a, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1990. Translates the ideas of contemporary art into three-dimensional glass sculptures

    Bibierre Vetreria Artigiana
    Campo San Bernardo 7/c, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 703)
    Filigree glass objects & ornaments for furnishing

    Buccella Renzo, Decorazione Artigiana Vetro di
    Fondamenta Manin 23-24, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 736)
    Polished & engraved vases, ashtrays & ornaments

    Cavagnis Umberto
    Fondamenta Manin 4, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 773)
    Modern lighting, ornaments & gift items

    Cenedese Giovanni, Vetreria
    Calle San Giuseppe, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 920 / 736 966)
    Tableware & sundry ornaments

    Colleoni, Vetreria Artistica
    Fondamenta San Giovanni dei Battuti 12, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 607)
    website
    Allesandro Barbaro & Luigi Moro. Modern-style designs, classic reinterpretations & figurative creations of animals and heads

    Costantini Vittorio
    Fondamente Nuove, Calle del Fumo 5311, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-522 2265)
    website
    Artistic lamp-worked glassware, manily insects & fish

    De Biasi, Virgilio
    Fondamenta Navagero 54b , 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1974. Virgilio & his sons produce objets d'art, including clocks, table lamps & pendants

    De Grandis Nicoletta
    Campo Chiesa 3, Sacca Fisola, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-701 917)
    Glassware decorated with enamels & gold

    De Majo Illuminazione Illuminazione Per Arredamento Ufficio Comm
    Calle Dietro gli Orti 12, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1947 by Guido de Majo (a Neapolitan). Modern & traditional lighting

    Effedue Murano
    Fondamenta Vetrai 93/a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 644)
    Bowls, vases etc. 18th Century-style chandeliers

    Effetre International
    Calle Miotti 16, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 477)
    Bowls, vases etc. Modern chandeliers & other lighting

    Effetre Murano
    Fondamenta Manin 5, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 788)
    Modern lamps

    Elite Murano
    Calle del Cimitero 15 , 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1986. Specialises in table services, carafes & glasses, as well as artistic sculptures & reproductions of museum pieces

    Farinati, Guido
    Santa Croce 1636 , 30135 Venezia
    website
    Clocks, mirrors & picture frames. Also specialises in stained glass restoration

    Ferro, Vetreria Artistica Galliano
    Fondamenta Colleoni 6, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1955. Wall lamps & classic Murano chandeliers, from Renaissance-style to Art Nouveau

    Ferro e Cimegotto
    San Polo 2672/a, 30125 Venezia
    (+39-41-27794)
    Paperweights, glass tiles decorated with enamelling & gilding on black velvet panels

    Ferro e Lazzarini
    Fondamenta Andrea Navagero 75, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1929 by Eugenio Ferro & Giovanni Lazzarini (initially called Ferro Eugenio & Co). Objects & ornaments. Vases, goblets, paperweights & sculptures

    Ferro Murano
    Fondamenta Manin 5 , 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Wide range of products, including tableware, furnishings, vases & bowls. A more modern design subsidiary is marketed under the name of 'Yalos'

    Formia
    Fondamenta Vetrai 138, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1962 by two master glassmakers, Formentello and Mian. Varied range with vases, bowls, & figural pieces of animals & humans

    Fornasier Luigi Oggettistica E Lampadari Artistici
    Calle deI Paradiso 14, 30126 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Grandmaster & designer Fabio Fornasier. Part of Vetreria Artistica Fornasier (see next entry). Chandeliers, wall & table lamps

    Fornasier, Vetreria Artistica
    Calle deI Paradiso 14, 30126 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1968 by Luigi Fornasier. Chandeliers, wall & table lamps. Specialises in restoration of historic pieces

    Fratelli Tessaro
    Via da Mula 148, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Candlesticks, chandeliers, flowers, stemware, jewellery etc

    Fratelli Toso
    Fondamenta Colleoni Antonio 7, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1854 by the sons of Pietro Toso (Ferdinando, Carlo, Liberato, Angelo, Giovanni & Gregorio). Mosaic & murrine ware

    Fuga Vetri Decorati e Vetrate Istoriate, Anzolo
    Fondamenta Venier 47a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 425)
    Artistic glass windows, doors, walls etc.

    Gabbiani
    Palazzo Bragadin, Castello 6039, 30122, Venezia
    website
    Designer Marina Gabbiani Ravagnan. Vases, glasses, lamps & objets d'art

    Gambaro e Poggi
    Fondamenta Manin Daniele 1, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1974. Mario Gambaro & Bruno Poggi. Glass sculptures, objects & ornaments - around 1300 articles in 85 different colors

    Ghisetti Giampaolo
    Calle San Giuseppe, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 707)
    Decorated glassware; artistic creations & reproductions

    Giorgio Rossetti Vetri d'Arte
    Fondamenta Terranova 89, 30142 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1995 by Giorgio Rossetti. Stemware, scent bottles, animals, fish, seashells, ornaments

    Gli Ori Di Venezia
    Via Rampa Cavalcavia, 26/A int.6 - 30172 Mestre, Venezia
    website
    Venetian glass beads & Murrine

    Lady Glass
    San Polo 2723, 30125 Venezia
    (+39-41-28266)
    Artistic decorated glassware

    Le Perle Di Mauro
    Calle del Convento 28, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Established 1980. Lampworked beads, flowers, bottles, Christmas tree ornaments & other decorative objects

    Linzi Paolo
    Fondamenta San Giovanni dei Battuti 19, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 569)
    Wheel-engraved glassware

    Luce, Franco
    Campiello Pescheria 9, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 822)
    Hand-crafted glassware & general lighting

    Mandruzzato Alessandro
    Fondamenta Navagero 54b, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1956 by Luigi Mandruzzato, followed by his son Gianfranco. Originally specialised in lighting glass, now produces items such as tableware, ashtrays & paperweights. Since 2000, owned by Alessandro, son of Gianfranco

    Majo, Vetreria de
    Fondamenta Navagero 29, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1947. Modern & traditional lighting, artistic glass vases

    Mazzega, S.r.l.
    Fondamenta da Mula 147, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 888)
    website
    Stemware, sculptures, mirrors, modern & classic chandeliers & other lighting

    Mazzega, Vetreria A.V.
    Calle Antonio Vivarini 3, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-273 7311)
    website
    Founded 1946 by Gianni Bruno Mazzega, now run by his son Andrew Mazzega. Modern & classic chandeliers & other lighting

    Mazzuccato, Arturo (Linea Mazzucato S.r.l.)
    Fondamenta Manin 1, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 845)
    website 1
    website 2 (under construction)
    Established 1980. From classic Venetian-style chandeliers & drinking-glasses to modern vases etc

    Mazzuccato
    Ramo da Mula 5/1, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 711)
    website
    Traditional Venetian-style chandeliers

    Moretti, Vetrerie
    Fondamenta San Giovanni dei Battuti 4a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 744)
    General lighting & furnishing glassware, beads and canes for lamp-working

    Moretti, Carlo
    Fondamenta Manin 3/13, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 217)
    Tableware & ornamental glassware

    Moretti & Fratelli, Ercole
    Fondamenta Navagero 42, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1911 by three brothers. Beads, buttons, pendants & other items in mosaic or murrhine glass

    Murano Lux
    Località Sacca Serenella 14, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    The glassworks of Alberto Turina, from a long line of glassmakers. All kinds of glassware, from lighting to tableware, in classic & modern styles (for his studio, see Turina Design)

    Murrina, La
    Rio Longo 17, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1960s. A collaboration of Venetian glass masters, combining traditional methods with modern design. Specialises in lighting, sculpture and jewellery

    Murrina (UK), La
    Westminster Business Square, Durham St, London SE11
    (+44-20-7582 5508)

    Murrina (UK), La (SHOP)
    79 Ebury St (corner of Ecclestone St), London SW1
    (+44-20-7730 7922 / 7730 7922)

    Nason & C., Vincenzo
    Via Vivarini 16, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 026)
    Artistic glassware & ornaments. Modern chandeliers & other lighting

    Nason & Moretti
    Calle dietro gli Orti 12, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website (price lists only)
    Making glass since the 17th century. Now produces modern & traditional tableware & ornamental glassware

    Nason Studio
    Cannaregio, 2942a, 30121 Venezia
    website
    Giampaolo Nason. Glass fashion jewelry & accessories, beads & tassels, Venetian mirrors & picture frames

    Ongaro & Fuga Specchi Veneziani
    Calle del Cristo 17, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1954 by Franco, now run by his sons Bruno, Giuliano & Francesco. Reproduction & modern mirrors

    Padovan, Linea
    Calle Miotti 14c, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Coloured tableware in a modern design, especially vases & bowls

    Pagan Murrine Bigiotteria Vetro
    Calle Giannantonio Moschini 17, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-527 4170 )
    Mosaic & other glass jewellery & small items

    Pagnin & Bon
    Calle Cimitero 5, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 532)
    Vases, paperweights & ornaments in polished & decorated glass

    Panizzi, Eugenio
    Calle de le Conterie 29, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1960. Wheel-ground & engraved glass items, such as frames, clocks, tableware & mirrors

    Pauly & C. C.V.M.
    Castello 4391, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-709 899)
    Classic blown glassware

    Perla Veneziana, La
    Riva Longa 53 ex Conterie, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Renata & Georgia Ferrari. Traditional Venetian glass beads, such as murrino and filigrano

    Perle Veneziane
    Castello 2146/2131, 30122 Venezia
    website
    Jewellery, silverware & writing-articles using Venetian glass beads, as well as beads themselves

    Perotti, Fratelli
    Via Nazionale Costiera Amalfitana 32, 84019 Vietri Sul Mare, Salerno
    website
    Founded 1980 by Antonio Perotti. Secular & eccelesiastical leaded stained glass windows, walls & screens

    Quiross
    San Martino Dx 499, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-730 255)
    Hand-polished artistic mirrors

    Ragazzi Piero
    Fondamenta Colleoni 12, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 818)
    Objects, ornaments & costume jewellery in mosaic & murrhine glass

    Rosetto Estevan, Vetreria
    Fondamenta Navagero, 34, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 329)   e-mail
    Traditional & modern style Venetian Art Glass. Tableware, chandeliers, mirrors, ornamental Items & sculptures

    Rossi, Paolo, Maestro Vetrario
    Castello 73/b, 30100 Venezia
    (+39-41-27005)
    Reproduction archaeological finds

    S.A.L.I.R.
    Fondamenta Manin 78, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 033)
    Venetian mirrors, articles & ornaments in engraved & decorated glass

    Salvadori Giuseppe
    Fondamenta Manin 1, 30121 Murano Venezia
    (+39-41-736 866)
    Artistic glassware decorated with gold and enamels; reproductions

    Salviati
    San Marco 2088, Via XXII Marzo, San Moisè 30121 Venezia
    website
    Founded 1859 by Dr Antonio Salviati. Artistic glassware, objets d'art, & a new range of jewellery. Modern chandeliers & other lighting

    San Marco - Murano
    (address & telephone details unknown)
    Label seen on various pieces

    Santi, Cristalleria
    Ramo Baroviero 5/g, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 156)
    Tableware & ornaments

    Santini Emilio
    Via Molador 6, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-737 025)
    Blown, lamp-worked glassware

    Scalabrin & Daltin
    Fondamenta Navagero 54/a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 858)
    Glassware decorated with enamelling, gilding & gold-leaf; artistic reproductions

    Seguso Arte Vetro di Seguso Livio
    Fondamenta Manin 40, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 550)
    Artistic glassware, sculptures & ornaments

    Seguso Gianni Vetreria Artistica Artigiana
    Fondamenta Serenella 3, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1982 by Gianni Seguso, who became a glass master in 1969 at the age of 18. Artistic glassware, sculptures & ornaments, drinking glasses & lighting

    Seguso Vetri D'Arte
    Calle Giuseppe di Odoardo 3, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1933. Artistic & ground glassware & ornaments. Classic-style & modern chandeliers (glassware now actually produced by Formia)

    Seguso, Viro
    Fondamenta Radi 20, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Artistic glassware, sculptures & ornaments

    Sent, Guglielmo
    Fondamenta dei Vetrai 8, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-527 4966)
    Glass objects, decorated with multicoloured enamelling

    Serenella Industria Vetraria (S.I.V.) Murano S.a.s. di A. Panzeri & C.
    Fondamenta Serenella 18/a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 143)
    Table-lamps & general lighting

    Sfriso Cristina - Murano
    Corte Biglaglia n.6 Murano - cap 30141 Venezia
    (+39-41-736 685)
    website
    Established 1995. Cristina Sfriso works both alone & with others to produce highly elegant lampwork, as stand-alone pieces & as components for use by other glass-blowers or designers. Call or e-mail for information

    Signoretto, Silvano
    Via A. Vivarini 6/a – 30141 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-527 4608)
    website
    Established 1999. Trained under Alfredo Barbini, has worked for several major Murano manufacturers, and collaborated with many famous designers, painters & sculptors

    Società Veneziana Conterie,
    Fondamenta Giustinian 1, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 922)
    Glass beads

    Soffiato, Vetro
    Fondamenta Navagero 25a, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    A young company which specialises in jewellery & ornaments, as well as lighting & furnishing

    S.V.A.
    Fondamenta Serenella 2, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 766)
    Classic-style artistic Murano chandeliers

    TFZ Internazionale
    Fondamenta Venier 38a, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    Jewellery, vases, figurative sculptures of animals & humans,

    Tosi, Fratelli
    Calle delle Conterie 16, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Modern & historical reproduction mirrors, using traditional Venetian techniques. The line also includes clocks & trays

    Toso, Aureliano
    Fondamenta Radi 25/c, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 388)
    Artistic objects & ornaments, modern lamps & lighting

    Toso Vetri d'Arte
    Fondamenta Manin 1, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 843)
    Ornaments & lighting

    Turina Design
    Via San Giusto 2, 37121 Verona
    website
    The studio of Alberto Turina, designer & maker of all kinds of glassware, from lighting to tableware, in classic & modern styles (for his glassworks, see Murano Lux)

    Ugo Donà & Figlio
    Fondamenta Vetrai 62, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-739 181)
    Roman-style glass-paste mosaics

    Valle Valerio
    Ramo Baroviero 9, 30121 Murano, Venezia
    (+39-41-736 752)
    Artistic glassware decorated with gold "graffito" and enamels; reproductions

    Ve Art
    Via Moglianese 21, Scorzè Venezia
    (+39-41-445 308 / 445 057)
    Ornamental glass & lamps

    Venini
    Fondamenta Vetrai 50, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1925. Artistic sculptures with particular reference to the avant-garde, but also produces modern lighting, installations & jewellery

    Vetreria Artistica Galliano Ferro
    Via Colleoni 6, 30173 Venezia
    website
    Founded by Galliano Ferro in 1955, now run by his son, Giorgio. Classical & modern lighting & chandeliers.

    Vetreria Artistica Effe
    Fondamenta Navagero 54, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1982. Walter Furlan & his son Mario. Animals, vases, lamps, sculptures etc

    Vetreria Artistica Oball
    Fondamenta Andrea Navagero 38, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded by Luigi Onesto (now with his sons Fabio & Michele), has been operating over 30 years. Animals, vases, sculptures etc

    Vetreria Artistica Schiavon
    Fondamenta dei Vetrai 7, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Over 100 years old. Reno & Massimiliano Schiavon. Art-glass vases etc

    Vetreria Futura T & B
    Calle San Giuseppe, 301000 Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1988 by Lorenzo Baroncelli & Davide Trevisan. Murrine & mosaic creations

    Vetrerie di Empoli S.p.A.
    Via Tacito 6, I-20137 Milano
    website
    Founded in 1936 as a shop, dedicated exclusively to retail products of glassworks in Empoli, Tuscany.

    Vetri Murano
    (This is not actually a company, but a trademark created in 1981 by the
    Venice Glass Consortium, sponsored by the Industrialist Association of
    the Province of Venice and the Venice Craftsmen's Association, for use
    only by those companies owning glassworks on the island of Murano
    - see
    manufacturers' labels & marks, T to Z )

    Vianello, Ditta
    Fondamenta San Giovanni dei Battuti 4d, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Extensive range of glass beads in different styles, as well as various lines of jewellery & tableware

    Vivarini Vetreria Artistica
    Fondamenta Serenella 5-6, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded in 1967. Lamps, vases, stemware & sculptures. Past customers apparently include Paul Newman, John Travolta & Jack Nicolson!

    Voltolina Gerardo Lavorazione Vetri A Lume
    Calle Angelo Zaniol 6, 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Glass rings & pendants

    Zanetti , Vetreria Artistica
    Fondamenta Serenella 3 , 30141 Murano, Venezia
    website
    Founded 1956 by Oscar Zanetti. Licio & Luciano Zanetti (brothers).Sculptural artistic glassware, inspired by the flora and fauna of the Venetian lagoon

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    Netherlands

    Olaf Stevens Glass Art & Ceramic Design
    Eind 40, 4201 CR Gorinchem, Netherlands
    (+ 31-183-634 794)
    website
    Graal glassware

    Collectief Amsterdam
    (address & telephone number unknown)
    website
    A collective, consisting of six glass artists: Mieke Groot, Richard Meitner, Laura Heyworth, Elizabeth Swinburne, Gareth Noel Williams & Toots Zynsky

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    Norway

    Magnor Glassverk AS
    Grenseveien 37, N-2240 Magnor, Norway
    (+ 47-62-833 500)
    website
    Established 1896. Bought the old Johansfors factory in early 1990s. Crystal & art glass. Tove Ohlander, designer

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    Poland

    Sabina Art Glassworks
    ul. Dworska 29, 38-480 Rymanów, Poland
    (+ 48-13-435 6800)
    website
    Established 1996 by Henryk Rysz, after working for 24 years in the Krosno Glass Factory. Now works with his son, Rafał Rysz, making animals, vases, bowls, scent-bottles, paperweights, lamps etc

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    Romania

    Anca Media Art
    75 Labirint Street, 3 Sector, 74 1141, Bucharest, Romania
    (+ 40-21-321 3819)
    website
    Anca Florea Podaru. Art glass, with metalwork decoration, usually signed 'ama'

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    Slovakia

    22 Limited
    Prazska 11, SK - 811 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
    (+ 421-220-252 942)
    website
    Umbrella organisation established to promote the products of 22 leading glass producers from Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

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    Sweden

    Midnightsun Designs
    Eksundsvägen 9, 605 97 Norrköping, Sweden
    (+ 46-11-187 971 or + 46-11-120 605)
    website
    Midnightsun Designs is a gallery of modern Swedish glassware, featuring works by the designers Wilke Adolfsson, Astrid Gate, Margareta Hennix, Ulf Johansson, Richard Juhlin, Catti Åsélius Lidbeck, Ingegerd Råman, Rolf Sinnemark, Ardy Struwer and Helén Tapper. It also contains information about Swedish glassworks such as Älghult, Bergdala, Erikshyttan, Johansfors, Lindshammar, Sjöhyttan, Skruf, Steninge Slott and Strömbergshyttan

    Reijmyre Glasbruk AB
    Glasbruksvägen 42, Box 11, S- 610 14 Rejmyre, Sweden
    (+ 46-11-871 85)
    website

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