STELVIA Glass (Empoli, Italy) 'Hook' 12.5" Goblet, in Green

$206.25 AUD
$206.25 AUD
$275.00 AUD
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Pattern Hook
Production 1960s/70s

Model Goblet
Colour Green

Dimensions 32cm (12.5") tall

Condition Great condition with no major wear that we can see, although there is some light water staining internally. This can only be just seen when looking internally, thanks to the darkness of the green colourway.

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About the Maker

STELVIA Glass

STELVIA Glass was established in 1955 in the Empoli region of Tuscany, Italy. Its name is an acronym for Società Toscana Esercizio Lavorazione Vetri Industriali e Artistici (Tuscan Company for Industrial and Artistic Glass Processing). 

Empoli council’s historical glassworks directory places STELVIA at Via Salaiola 18–20 and records the company having produced stemmed goblets, ornaments and giftware in coloured glass, opaline glass and glass with special optical effects, alongside tableware and furnishing pieces in clear and coloured glass. 

Two of the decorative glass collections which continue to surface (often with retained foil labels) include:

  • 'Opalina Fiorentina', cased in multiple layers of glass providing an opaque finish. More often than not, bold, bright colours.
  • 'Romantica', with pieces from this range being softer in colour, often pastels, with opalescent decorative elements.

Both of these collections were made available in a variety of models including but not limited to candy jars, pitchers, vases, and goblets. Additionally, these items often featured elaborate decorative stems with designs of fleur de lis, circular rings, cameos and more.

Wayne Husted, who formerly worked for American company Blenko Glass (1952-63), also designed for STELVIA. After leaving Blenko, Husted joined Lancaster Colony Corp as Director of Design and Product Development. In his own account, he dates his employment there to 1963–1972. It was at the beginning of his tenure here that he spent time working with STELVIA, on his first trip to Europe, and created the 'Antigua' line of decorative glassware.

Husted spoke of STELVIA being one of many European factories that Lancaster imported from, known for its hand-blown, colourful glassware. The 'Antigua' line (sometimes referred to as Antiqua with a 'q') can be seen in Pitman-Dreitzer’s 1965 catalogue.

In the designer’s own words:

“I created the Antigua line to satisfy Colony’s marketing decision to exploit the Spanish look, popular at that time.”

Wayne Husted, The Antigua Line and My Excellent Italian Adventure, 7 August 2016 (archived copy).

The original Antigua line was produced in amber, emerald green and copper blue, with a range of forms documented in Pitman-Dreitzer’s 1965 catalogue. STELVIA continued to use the Antigua moulds beyond the original line, producing further colour variations under its ‘Opalina Fiorentina’ label. Documented examples also show that some of this later production continued to be sold through Colony. These glass pieces have been seen in alternate colours such as red, blue, yellow and orange.

In terms of original labels, these always help with attribution. Like many Italian made pieces, STELVIA pieces can be found with a variety of options, including Italian wording reading “Lavorazione a mano” (worked by hand) and "Fatto a Mano" (made by hand). The handmade wording alone does not establish STELVIA manufacture; it needs supporting evidence, such as an original 'Opalina Fiorentina' or 'Romantica' label.

Based on records for a ministerial decree dated 22 February 2002, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale on 4 April 2002, the STELVIA cooperative fell into compulsory administrative liquidation. 

Read more about Italian Empoli glass production here.

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About the Region

Empoli Glass

Empoli, in Tuscany west of Florence, is associated with a glassmaking tradition that extends well beyond the colourful decorative pieces familiar to mid-century collectors. Empoli glass is a regional description, not the name of a single factory: workshops in the town and surrounding area made a varied range of practical and decorative wares.

The city's Glass Museum traces the local industry to the fifteenth century. Bottles, flasks, demijohns and table vessels played an important role in everyday life and the trade in wine and olive oil. Traditional green glass took its colour from iron oxide in the sand used in production, linking the appearance of these objects to their raw materials and local manufacturing history.

From the mid-1950s, coloured, transparent, engraved and decorated glass became another important part of the area's output. For collectors of post-war design, this includes tall decorative bottles and decanters, colourful vases and vessels with textured surfaces. The elongated forms often called 'genie bottles' are a familiar part of this collecting area, but the term describes a style of object rather than a particular manufacturer.

Regional production encompassed different methods, finishes and markets. A textured surface or a Venetian-inspired detail is not enough on its own to establish a factory attribution, and decorative Italian glass should not automatically be described as Murano simply because of its colour or shape.

Documented names associated with this collecting area include Cristalleria Artistica Toscana (C.A.T.), STELVIA Glass and Vetreria Artigiana Samminiatello (V.A.S.). Their individual collection pages offer more detailed histories and attribution notes.

Surviving labels and export records can be valuable, but an importer or distributor's label does not necessarily identify the furnace that made a piece. Where a manufacturer is uncertain, a carefully qualified regional description is more useful than an unsupported factory name.

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