All About Aubergine

Call it Purple, call it Plum, call it Aubergine, call it what you will...but this "Mauve-u-lous" color is hot for interior designers and, of course, among the most difficult hue to find in Empoli cased glass. Here we present a generous sampling of our vintage Italian wares...just an idea of how to mix shapes in groups of three for an instant plummy collection from The End of History.

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Polar Bear Expression

A large and fierce hand molded Polar Bear sculpture signed by Michael Andersen, the famed ceramicist himself...made in his studio in the town of Ronne on the Island of Bornholm, Denmark
in 1943.
16" from nose tip to tail

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Woven Wonder

A singularly spectacular Italian ceramic lamp, created in the 50s, in a sort of abstraction of perhaps driftwood or asps, but in a glossy glazed finish. Gnarly.
39.5" to the top of the drum shade

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Deco Dancer

A few things we know for sure....it is stoneware in a Sung Glaze. It is an original 1930s prototype for an eventual Royal Copenhagen commission by well known sculptor Helge Christoffersen.  It is Danish in design, but is she a Cambodian or is she a Thai dancer? 'Tis a puzzelment.

18" x 18"

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Urchins Under Glass

Murano glass bookends by Galliano Ferro, circa 1950s, in what, to my eyes, feels like underwater sea creatures...jellies, anemones, or of the urchin variety.
Each measures between 6" x 6"

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The Sound of The End of History

A musical update and a new version of our set "Cocktail Party on a Space Station".
Click on the link below to listen on Soundcloud.                                                                                                         
https://soundcloud.com/user3848319/sets/soundtrack-2

Extra Credit...film still from "The 10th Victim"...a 1965 Italian/French international co-production science fiction film directed by Elio Petri

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Terrific Toft

Another rarity ~ the surprising use of color for Thomas Toft. We generally see from him a strictly brown and white palette, so we are delighted to discover this design departure...with glazed highlights of yellow.
Small but significant @ 6" in diameter

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