MURANO GLASS ART SCULPTURES

Not every sculpture is an animal. This is where Murano works figuratively — the human form, the embrace, the robed figure — and where the glass has to carry an idea rather than a likeness.

These are the pieces the island makes when it wants to be taken seriously as art: forms drawn upward out of a single mass of molten glass, abstracted until only the gesture is left. The Lovers has been given at Venetian weddings for decades precisely because it names nothing, and therefore fits everyone.

Each piece is sculpted by hand at the furnace and finished on a base of stone or clear crystal. Every one arrives with a certificate of authenticity and fully insured worldwide shipping. Want something made to your own idea? Commission a bespoke creation.