VETRO ARTISTICO MURANO: A NEW LABEL

here is a new system of protection for Murano glass: a few days ago in Venice, the Promovetro consortium introduced the new Vetro Artistico® Murano brand. It will allow anyone who buys an artwork, to know its history and provenance.
An important help for the Muranese producers, but also a guarantee for the buyers that will be sure to have purchased an original product.
There are many new features compared to the previous sticker.
The mark, red or blue depending on the type of technique and processing (red for the hot working in the furnace, blue for cold working), will appear on a white or transparent label with different formats, based on the artwork: rectangular or jewelry stickers.
It introduces a technological element: the QR code. The QR code can be read by any smartphone and will redirect to a product information page.
The codes reported on the new label will be two: the producer code and the product code.

There will also be other anti-counterfeiting technologies such as Clear-to-cyan and Confirm by 3M, or gold foil printing with metallic effects, or even the Fluo Ink visible under UV light.
Furthermore the label will be equipped with security cuts to avoid reuse.
It's a "victory" for Murano artists but Also for consumers: both will be defended by those who create low-quality goods or, even worse, fake Murano goods. And unfortunately, in Venice, despite the constant controls, some shopkeepers are still selling counterfeit products.
In this case there is a certification mark for vendors.
We have the V07 code for our shop MuranoVitrum in Venice, near Piazza San Marco. Check here: Certified Murano Shops

For more on the new Vetro Artistico® Murano label see the official website Promovetro

This certification has attracted many glassworks over time, some of which have closed, and others, finding themselves at odds with the agency's management, have seen fit to disassociate themselves.
This in our view should not have resulted in the exclusion of their reference number from the PRomovetro website.
Thinking of the many collectors who have no way of finding out who the manufacturer of their beloved Murano object was, we present the list of old and new manufacturers, flanked by the number assigned to them at the time:

 

1 FUTURA T & B Snc - closed permanently
2 ONGARO & FUGA
3 Ercole Moretti Snc
4 Vetreria Artistica OBALL di Fabio & Michele Onesto Snc
5 ARTIFEX Snc
7 Fornace Ferro Murano srl
8 ANDROMEDA International Srl
9 Vetreria artistica GALLIANO FERRO di Giorgio Ferro
10 NASON & MORETTI Srl
11 GINO CENEDESE & FIGLIO di Amelio Cenedese
12 ALFREDO BARBINI Srl Vetreria
14 ZANCHI SRL - closed permanently
15 RAGAZZI & C. Snc di P.Ragazzi & C.
16 Vetreria Artistica ANTICHI ANGELI sas di Colizza Carlo & C.
17 Vetreria Artistica MAZZUCCATO GAETANO GINO
19 MAZZUCCATO SRL
20 T.F.Z. INTERNAZIONALE Srl
21 FRATELLI TOSI Srl
21 FRATELLI TOSI Snc di Tosi Mirco e Massimo
22 GAMBARO & POGGI SAS - Gambaro & Tagliapietra
23 Zanetti Murano srl
24 Effe Vetreria Artistica di Lazzarini Ivana & C. sas
24 Vetreria Artistica EFFE sas
26 LA PERLA VENEZIANA di Ferrari Renata & C. Snc
27 A.V.MAZZEGA Srl
28 LINEA PADOVAN di Padovan Massimo
29 Ars Murano srl
30 SIGNORETTO LAMPADARI di Loris Omar & C. Snc
31
DE BIASI Srl
32 Seguso Gianni
33 DI PI Vetreria Artigiana di Rossi Imperio - closed permanently
35 DE MAJO ILLUMINAZIONE Srl
36 Artigianato Muranese srl
37 FORMIA srl - Fornace Mian
38 Alessandro Mandruzzato
40 Vetreria Artistica COLLEONI snc
41 FORNASIER LUIGI Snc di Fornasier Fabio & C.
42 LA FENICE Vetreria Artistica di Albertini Gianfranco e C. Snc - closed permanently
43 SIGNORETTO & BASTIANELLO Srl
44 ELITE MURANO Srl
46 PANIZZI EUGENIO Snc di Panizzi F. e M.
47 EFFETRE Spa
48 Idea Murano srl
49 STEFANO TOSO Srl
50 EUGENIO FERRO & C. 1929 Srl
52 ROSIS Snc
53 Vetreria Artistica PMG FRATELLI PITAU
54 ESPERIENZE DI VISMAN SARA
55 Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti
56 ROSSI RINO
57 SIMONE GIOVANNI CENEDESE MURANO Sas
59 D’ESTE E ZANE ART GLASS SRL
60
Ferro Lorenzo Murano
61 La Fornasotta di Urban Gabriele
65 ESSE 2 Sas di Serena Carlotta e Francesco & C.
67 Zanvettori Manuela
68 Sergio Tiozzo
70 Vetreria Accaeffe srl
72 Stefano Toso
73 Polychromy srl - closed permanently
74 LA FUCINA DEL VETRO srl
76 Art Glass Studio srl
78 Fratelli Barbini Glass Mirror
79 Alessandro Tagliapietra
80 Striulli A. vetri d'arte
81 Roberto guidotti original Murano
82 Vetreria Pino Signoretto
83 CESARE SENT SNC
84 LINEA TAGLIAPIETRA di Fabio Tagliapietra
85 Ragazzi sas
86 Arte di Murano
87 Nicolamoretti snc
88 New Murano Gallery
89 L'Antica Perla di Molin Liviana
90 Berengo studio 1989
91 Schiavon Massimiliano Art Team srl
92 Vetreria Badioli
93 Costantini Glass Beads
94 Ditta Vianello
95 Vetrate Artistiche Murano di Stefano Bullo
96 Wave Murano Glass
97 AAV Barbini srl
98 Effetre Murano srl
99 Tmg Murano Glass S.A.S. di Sabina Marangon
  • Wayne Stephens
    Jul 20, 2023 at 08:06

    The majority of this list was compiled as a group effort by members of two Facebook Murano Glass study groups, and posted on my website 20thcenturyglass.com.

    It would be courteous to give appropriate credit in your article, maybe with links to the relevant groups. We are always adding to our list when we see evidence of labelled examples, maybe some of your readers could help. The two groups are as follows:

    Murano Glass
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/512040122770346

    Murano Glass/Italian Art Glass, Empoli, for GLGD
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1440428896247882

    Current Updated List:
    https://www.20thcenturyglass.com/glass_encyclopedia/murano_glass/vetroartistico_labels/

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