POSTER Guaranteeing the authenticity of VENINI Murano glass

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Guaranteeing the authenticity of VENINI Murano glass

ELENA TESSERA, FABRIZIO ANTONELLIA

The Murano glass is universally considered one of the most prestigious glass in the world. What makes it so special? The ancient tradition, the high quality craftsmanship and the technological and artistic skills and know-how of glassmakers. Despite the continuous and massive increase in counterfeit products that have been trying to imitate the expertise of the Murano masters for years, Murano has managed to reinvent itself, maintaining both the monopoly on glass quality and development or refinement of techniques for centuries. The study described in the poster, has two main goals: the creation of a solid database of both the total chemical composition and the concentration ranges of the main discriminant chemical elements; the preservation and promotion the authenticity of Murano glass.

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A LAMA–Laboratory for Analyzing Materials of Ancient origin at Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy.

KEYWORDS: MURANO GLASS, COMPOSITIONAL DATABASE, PXRF

Fig. 01 “Scagno” or “Scanno”. Typical work seat of master glassmakers. Fig. 02 pXRF analysis of a fumè vase.