Blue & White Glass Flower Pendant Lamp
Murano Glass Lamps
Murano has long been synonymous with the finest glassmaking in the world. Beyond vases, sculptures, and decorative objects, the island’s glassmakers also became pioneers in lighting design.
From the 1950s through the 1980s, Murano workshops produced a wide variety of glass lamps: table and floor lamps, wall sconces, and chandeliers in countless forms. Some were delicate and traditional, others bold and modernist, but all carried the unmistakable quality of Venetian craftsmanship.
The uniqueness of Muran o lighting lies in the mastery of techniques passed down through generations: sommerso layering, murrine patterns, avventurina sparkles, and refined crystal-clear glass. Combined with the imagination of Italian designers, these skills transformed simple glass into luminous works of art.
It is important to note that only lamps made on the island of Murano itself can rightfully be called “Murano glass.” Factories in nearby towns or on the mainland often produced very similar models, sometimes almost indistinguishable in style, but those pieces are not authentic Murano creations. Just one village further, and the result is merely “Murano style.”
Blue & White Glass Flower Pendant Lamp
Materials: Chromed metal frame (iron and brass). Aluminium parts. Blue, white and clear crystal hand blown glass lampshade in a petunia flower form. Steel wire. Bakelite E27 socket.
Cord length: 70 cm / 27.55”
Height: 46 cm / 18.11”
Width: ∅ 45 cm / 17.71”
Electricity: 1bulbE27, 1 x 75 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Anytypeof light bulb canbeused, but a white/opaque globe bulb gives the best result.
Period: 1970s, 1980s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: To be determined.
Other versions: This blue & white glass pendant lamp exists in bigger and smaller versions. Made in different colours and different forms. All these lamps were hand blown and therefore all unique with a little difference in height and width.
It’s quite possible that AV Mazzega is the maker of this lamp; you see this typical blue color more often in their lamps, but that doesn’t automatically mean it is, of course. Do you have an idea? Please let us know through the contact form and help improve the websites exactitude. Your help is much appreciated.
AV Mazzega (Mazzega 1946)
AV Mazzega was founded in Murano in 1946 by Angelo Vittorio Mazzega. Initially devoted to traditional Murano glass, the company shifted in the 1960s toward contemporary lighting design under the leadership of his children Lidia and Gianni Bruno Mazzega.
Gianni Bruno in particular recognized the talent of Carlo Nason, who went on to define the company’s creative direction. With Nason ’s groundbreaking experiments in layered glass and vetro in piastra, AV Mazzega gained international recognition in the 1960s and 1970s. Their lamps became synonymous with Italian design innovation, bridging tradition and modernity.
In 2000, Andrea Mazzega, grandson of the founder, became president. Today the company operates under the name Mazzega 1946, working with leading international designers while continuing to reissue Nason’s classics.
Designers who collaborated with AV Mazzega / Mazzega 1946
Carlo Nason, Aldo Nason, Massimo Rioda, Christophe Pillet, Michele De Lucchi, Giovanni Barbato, Paolo Piva, Sam Baron, Gasmi Chafik, Oriano Favaretto, Michelle Liccese, Gianfranco Gianetti, Amerigo Lorini, Claudio Marturano, Paolo Franzin, Anki Greib, Luisa Bocchietto, Gordon Guilaumier, Oriano Favaretto, Giovanni Barbato and Riccardo Giovannetti, among others.
Links (external links open in a new window)
Murano glass blowing – Wikipedia
Glass Museum on the Murano island
Official Site of the City of Venice
