Vintage Mid Century 8" Murano Sommerso Elephant Raised best Trunk

This listing is for a wonderful vintage mid century Murano sommerso glass elephant with raised trunk. Lovely blue and green layered interior colors are encased in clear glass. Made on the island of Murano, Italy c. 1960s. Nice and heavy, as any good elephant should be! Definitely gift quality.

The sommerso technique of glass making was first developed by Antonio Da Ross, a highly skilled Venetian glassmaker, in the late 1930s. The technique is used to create several layers of glass (usually with different contrasting colors) inside a single object, giving the illusion of “immersed” colors that lay on top of each other without mixing. This is done by best uniting different layers of glass through heat and repeatedly immersing them in pots of molten colored glass. This technique is quite recognizable: it is characterized by an outer layer of colorless glass and thick layers of colored glass inside it, as if a big drop of color had been captured inside the transparent glass.

Measurements: Just under 8" high, 4 3/4" long and 4 1/2" wide

Condition: Good, with a little roughness at edge of base which is not visible when elephant is standing.

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