current overseas glassworkers

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

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

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
Calle San Giuseppe 7, 30141 Murano, Venezia
website
Founded 1980. Run by three brothers, Carlo, Emanuele & Rossella Collizzi. Reproductions of antique vases, lamps & lanterns

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

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

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

Cenedese e Figlio, Gino
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

Colleoni, Vetreria Artistica
Fondamenta dei Battuti 12, 30141 Murano, Venezia
website
Allesandro Barbaro & Luigi Moro. Modern-style designs, classic reinterpretations & figurative creations of animals and heads

Costantini Vittorio
Cannaregio 5311, 30100 Venezia
(+39-41-22265)
Artistic lamp-worked glassware

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

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 Navagero 75, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-739 485)
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, Vetreria Artistica
Calle deI Paradiso 14, 301 41 Murano, Venezia
website
Founded 1968 by Luigi Fornasier. Chandeliers, wall & table lamps. Specialises in restoration of historic pieces

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
Calle Vivarini 6, 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

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

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, A.V.
Via Vivarini 3, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-739 151)
website
Modern ornaments, modern & classic chandeliers & other lighting

Mazzuccato, Arturo
Fondamenta Manin 1, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-736 566)
Classic 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

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
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 di Fuga Franco
Calle del Cristo 17, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-736 388)
Artistic Venetian mirrors & wheel-engraved glassware

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

Pagan Murrine
(address & telephone details unknown)
Label seen on modern mosaic items: "Made in Murano, Pagan Murrine, Murano"

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
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 G. 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 Vetrai 8/a, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-739 100)
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

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

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

Vivarini Vetreria Artistica
Fondamenta Serenella 5-6, 30121 Murano, Venezia
(+39-41-736 077)

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

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