C.1960's Italian, Alessandro Mandruzzato Hand Blown Murano Jewelry Casket Smoke Black & Clear With Brass Mounts

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Vintage; C.1960's-70's, Italian hand-blown Alessandro Mandruzzato, Murano jewelry casket, in smoke black with clear outer color combination, and brass polished … Read more Vintage; C.1960's-70's, Italian hand-blown Alessandro Mandruzzato, Murano jewelry casket, in smoke black with clear outer color combination, and brass polished mounts. A stunning and visual dichotomy and conflagration; within each slight movement to and fro, left/right any degree or vantage point there is something so visually arresting and ever changing in this as in many of the similar, Murano Jewelry caskets, given their shape and size in the production, along with particular interior colors) utilized, depending on the aforementioned, of these wonderfully and sophisticated Jewelry caskets, make them illuminating pieces, one of a kind, and quite coveted pieces. This particular one is a larger square-shaped, solid and heavy. But what also makes this piece just so arresting is the concave aspects of the pieces of the smoke black, and the interplay of the solid outer clear and the faceted quality that illuminate them as such. One NEVER gets bored looking at these, and trying to decipher, "how did they do this," and the words which come to mind are, "simply divine." Alessandro Mandruzzato was a master and quite a unique Murano artisan, as his pieces have stood the test of time, regenerate a huge following, building upon this for many generations to follow. In excellent condition, with "only," minute patina to the brass mounts. From a Palm Beach Island, Florida Estate. See less