The Murano Glass Animals reference library: a collector’s guide to 382 albums

Explore Murano glass animals by species, glassmaker, furnace, label and registration reference.

Catalogue snapshot: 382 albums; 20,905 photographs listed across 371 counted albums; 11 albums have no visible count.

The Murano Glass Animals (MGA) community maintains an extensive online photographic reference library for people researching collectible Murano animal sculptures. This guide brings together 382 album links from the community’s supplied catalogue, covering species identification, Venetian glassmakers, historic and contemporary furnace registration references, and specialist identification material. Of those albums, 371 have visible photograph counts, totalling 20,905 photos in the supplied snapshot.

MGA believes its collection to be the largest single online reference library devoted to identified Murano glass animals. This is a community description, not an independently audited world ranking. Albums can contain multiple photos of a single object, and maker attribution should be assessed against the available evidence rather than inferred from appearance alone.

Why this reference library matters

For collectors and researchers, identification begins with comparison. The shape of a beak, the treatment of a base, a colour combination, a signature or a paper label can help build an evidence-based attribution. These MGA albums bring together examples for comparing species, maker and furnace references, and specialist research.

How to navigate

Direct album access: Each album name under the category headings is a clickable link opening the actual Facebook album. You can browse by species, glassmaker, VM/VAM registration, or special research collection. No intermediate index is required.

Start with a species album if the maker is unknown; consult glassmaker albums if you suspect a furnace; use labels and VM/VAM reference sections for marks and registrations; use older zoo collections for broader comparison.

Birds (30 albums)

Explore ducks, swans, pheasants, owls, parrots, penguins, birds of paradise and many more. Start with the animal’s form and compare details across documented examples.

• Birds - Falcon — 1 photos
• Birds - Exotic Birds — 29 photos
• Birds - Egg — 29 photos
• Birds - Ibis — 3 photos
• Birds - Bird of Paradise — 37 photos
• Birds - Seagull — 38 photos
• Birds - Chicken — 15 photos
• Birds - Pelican — 36 photos
• Birds - Bird (Generic) — 901 photos
• Birds - Chick — 43 photos
• Birds - Crane — 17 photos
• Birds - Dove — 142 photos
• Birds - Duck — 862 photos
• Birds - Eagle — 11 photos
• Birds - Flamingo — 5 photos
• Birds - Goose — 3 photos
• Birds - Hen — 13 photos
• Birds - Heron — 69 photos
• Birds - Hummingbird — 1 photos
• Birds - Owl — 170 photos
• Birds - Parrot — 292 photos
• Birds - Peacock — 2 photos
• Birds - Penguin — 116 photos
• Birds - Pheasant — 203 photos
• Birds - Pigeon — 22 photos
• Birds - Rooster — 128 photos
• Birds - Sparrow — 19 photos
• Birds - Swan — 303 photos
• Birds - Toucan — 58 photos
• Birds - Turkey — 3 photos

Land mammals (37 albums)

Find glass cats, dogs, horses, elephants, deer, rabbits, bulls and other land mammals, including familiar and unusual species.

• Land Mammals - Antelope — 4 photos
• Land Mammals - Kangaroo — 6 photos
• Land Mammals - Buffalo & Bison — 11 photos
• Land Mammals - Bear — 88 photos
• Land Mammals - Bull — 55 photos
• Land Mammals - Camel — 13 photos
• Land Mammals - Cat — 321 photos
• Land Mammals - Cheetah — photo count not shown
• Land Mammals - Cow — 2 photos
• Land Mammals - Deer — 40 photos
• Land Mammals - Dog — 257 photos
• Land Mammals - Donkey — 43 photos
• Land Mammals - Elephant — 260 photos
• Land Mammals - Fox — 20 photos
• Land Mammals - Gazelle — 11 photos
• Land Mammals - Giraffe — 9 photos
• Land Mammals - Goat — 2 photos
• Land Mammals - Hamster — photo count not shown
• Land Mammals - Hedgehog — 3 photos
• Land Mammals - Hippopotamus — 10 photos
• Land Mammals - Horse — 155 photos
• Land Mammals - Lion — 6 photos
• Land Mammals - Llama — 1 photos
• Land Mammals - Monkey — 5 photos
• Land Mammals - Mouse — 19 photos
• Land Mammals - Panda — 2 photos
• Land Mammals - Panther — 3 photos
• Land Mammals - Pig — 30 photos
• Land Mammals - Rabbit — 172 photos
• Land Mammals - Ram — 3 photos
• Land Mammals - Rhinoceros — 6 photos
• Land Mammals - Sheep — 2 photos
• Land Mammals - Squirrel — 52 photos
• Land Mammals - Tiger — 8 photos
• Land Mammals - Boar — photo count not shown
• Land Mammals - Wolf — 1 photos
• Land Mammals - Zebra — 8 photos

Fish and marine life (19 albums)

Investigate Murano glass fish, dolphins, sharks, aquarium sculptures, shells, octopuses and other marine subjects.

• Fish - Swordfish & Marlin — 16 photos
• Sea Life - Aquarium — 144 photos
• Sea Life - Crab — 3 photos
• Sea Life - Dolphin — 146 photos
• Sea Life - Eel — 2 photos
• Sea Life - Fish — 766 photos
• Sea Life - Jellyfish — 8 photos
• Sea Life - Lobster — 3 photos
• Sea Life - Manta Ray, Sting Ray — 5 photos
• Sea Life - Octopus — 8 photos
• Sea Life - Sea Turtle — 34 photos
• Sea Life - Seahorse — 5 photos
• Sea Life - Seal and Walrus — 51 photos
• Sea Life - Shark — 32 photos
• Sea Life - Shell — 34 photos
• Sea Life - Shrimp — 1 photos
• Animal - Sea Life - Squid — 9 photos
• Sea Life - Starfish — 6 photos
• Sea Life - Whale — 28 photos

Reptiles and amphibians (5 albums)

Compare frogs, crocodiles, lizards, snakes and tortoises.

• Reptiles & Amphibians - Crocodile — 2 photos
• Reptiles & Amphibians - Frog — 67 photos
• Reptiles & Amphibians - Lizard — 4 photos
• Reptiles & Amphibians - Snake — 1 photos
• Reptiles & Amphibians - Tortoise — 17 photos

Insects and other invertebrates (13 albums)

Reference albums for butterflies, snails, spiders and other small creatures. Some titles exist without a displayed photo count.

• Insects - Ant — photo count not shown
• Insects - Bee — 1 photos
• Insects - Beetle — photo count not shown
• Insects - Butterfly — 6 photos
• Insects - Caterpillar — 1 photos
• Insects - Cricket — photo count not shown
• Insects - Dragonfly — photo count not shown
• Insects - Grasshopper — photo count not shown
• Insects - Praying Mantis — photo count not shown
• Insects - Wasp — photo count not shown
• Arachnids & Other Invertebrates - Scorpion — photo count not shown
• Arachnids & Other Invertebrates - Snail — 105 photos
• Arachnids & Other Invertebrates - Spider — 2 photos

Mythical creatures (1 albums)

Reference designs beyond the natural world, including the mythology album.

• Mythical Animals - Mythology — 14 photos

Additional animal and specialist species albums (34 albums)

Older and more specialised animal groups provide alternative paths to compare similar pieces, including subjects on bases and without bases.

• Swan No 2 — 18 photos
• Duck No 2 — 41 photos
• FISH (ON BASE) No. 2 — 96 photos
• FISH (NO BASE) No. 2 — 44 photos
• BIRD (ON BASE) No. 2 — 318 photos
• BIRD (NO BASE) No. 2 — 85 photos
• TOUR D’ARGENT DUCK — 21 photos
• AQUARIUMS, OBELISK & PAPERWEIGHTS — 54 photos
• CORNUCOPIA & SHELLS — 16 photos
• PELICAN & TOUCAN — 48 photos
• COCKATOO & PARROT — 88 photos
• FISH (ON BASE) No. 1 — 201 photos
• BIRD (ON BASE) No. 1 — 503 photos
• PHEASANT — 94 photos
• CHICK, CHICKEN, GUINEA FOWL, HEN, ROOSTER, TURKEY — 116 photos
• DOLPHIN, SEAL, WALRUS, WHALE — 121 photos
• ANTELOPE, DEER, IBEX, RAM — 35 photos
• OWL — 110 photos
• GIRAFFE, HEDGEHOG, HIPPO, HIPPOPOTAMUS, KANGAROO, LION, TIGER, ZEBRA — 28 photos
• BUTTERFLY & TURTLE — 35 photos
• PENGUIN — 76 photos
• DUCK & SWAN No. 1 — 656 photos
• HIPPOCAMPUS , OCTOPUS & SNAIL — 55 photos
• MOUSE & SQUIRREL — 49 photos
• BISON, BUFFALO, BULL, PIG, RHINO — 54 photos
• BEAR & FOX — 64 photos
• CAMEL, DONKEY, HORSE, LLAMA, UNICORN — 125 photos
• CROCODILE, FROG, LIZARD, MONKEY — 53 photos
• ELEPHANT — 167 photos
• RABBIT — 114 photos
• DOG — 169 photos
• CAT — 201 photos
• FISH (NO BASE) No. 1 — 294 photos
• BIRD (NO BASE) No. 1 — 474 photos

Murano glassmakers, artists and furnaces (64 albums)

Move from an animal’s appearance to its possible maker. Explore dedicated albums for named artists, furnaces and historic manufacturers.

• Serenella Arte — 11 photos
• Furnace Tagliapietra — 1 photos
• LA MURRINA — 8 photos
• VETRERIA PITAU — 9 photos
• ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO No. 2 — 255 photos
• LIVIO SEGUSO — 43 photos
• ALDO BON — 4 photos
• La Fornasotta — 4 photos
• VETRERIA ESTEVAN ROSSETTO — 7 photos
• GIAMPAOLO NASON — 1 photos
• SERGIO COSTANTINI — 7 photos
• VITTORIO COSTANTINI — 8 photos
• SANDRO FRATTIN — 22 photos
• PAULY & C — 15 photos
• GRAL GLAS — 42 photos
• TONI ZUCCHERI — 6 photos
• VETRERIA MAZEGGA SRL — 9 photos
• GINO CENEDESE — 8 photos
• DINO ROSIN — 2 photos
• WALTER FURLAN — 6 photos
• LIP MURANO — 15 photos
• GIULIANO TOSI — 11 photos
• LA SERENISSIMA — 29 photos
• GIORGIO GUIMAN & MARCO GUIMAN — 18 photos
• ALBERTO SEGUSO — 2 photos
• ALBERTO TOSI — 11 photos
• RUBELLI VETRI D'ARTE — 36 photos
• Imperio Rossi — 6 photos
• GIANNI SEGUSO — 8 photos
• FERRO LORENZO — 21 photos
• ERMANNO NASON — 6 photos
• RENATO ANATRA — 38 photos
• ALDO NASON — 7 photos
• ALESSANDRO BARBARO — 5 photos
• ANDREA TAGLIAPIETRA ALESSANDRO TAGLIAPIETRA — 16 photos
• BAROVIER SEGUSO FERRO — 5 photos
• LUIGI MELLARA — 36 photos
• FRANCO BOTTARO — 39 photos
• SEGUSO DALLA VENEZIA — 23 photos
• DALLA VENEZIA MARTINUZZI — 4 photos
• Pino Signoretto — 41 photos
• ARS MURANO ELIO RAFFAELI ROBERTO CAMOZZO — 52 photos
• GIOVANNI NICOLA — 9 photos
• ARNALDO ZANELLA — 26 photos
• VENINI — 25 photos
• OBALL & OBALL2 — 162 photos
• BAROVIER AND TOSO — 105 photos
• AURELIANO TOSO — 89 photos
• GAMBARO AND POGGI MARIO GAMBARO. BRUNO POGGI — 77 photos
• CAMPANELLA BELL GLASS — 54 photos
• FERRO AND LAZZARINI — 141 photos
• ZANE MURANO — 29 photos
• FRANCO MORETTI — 108 photos
• LICIO & OSCAR ZANETTI — 209 photos
• SALVIATI (SALV) — 219 photos
• VINCENZO NASON — 367 photos
• GALLIANO FERRO — 149 photos
• FORMIA — 340 photos
• AVEM — 226 photos
• SEGUSO VETRI D'ARTE — 254 photos
• CENEDESE — 374 photos
• FRATELLI TOSO — 144 photos
• ALFREDO BARBINI — 325 photos
• ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO No. 1 — 681 photos

Historic VM registration reference albums (55 albums)

The VM-numbered reference series helps researchers examine historical or legacy registration codes associated with Murano glass production. The album titles are catalogue labels, not automatic proof of any object’s authenticity.

• VM - 001 Carlo Moretti — 1 photos
• VM - 002 Venini — 1 photos
• VM - 003 Cristalleria Santi — 3 photos
• VM - 004 Vetreria Lag; Zonca; Selene — 1 photos
• VM - 005 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 006 Salviati & C. — 1 photos
• VM - 007 Barovier & Toso — 1 photos
• VM - 008 Mandruzzato — 1 photos
• VM - 009 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 010 Zanetti Murano — 18 photos
• VM - 011 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 012 Firme di Vetro group / Aureliano Toso — 1 photos
• VM - 013 Unknown Possibly Lighting Co — 1 photos
• VM - 014 AV Mazzega — 1 photos
• VM - 015 Unknown or UNassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 016 Effe Due Murano — 1 photos
• VM - 017 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 018 Sent Glass Studio — 2 photos
• VM - 019 Bucella Cristalli — 1 photos
• VM - 020 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 021 Anfora di Ferro — 1 photos
• VM - 022 Effetre Murano; La Murrina — 2 photos
• VM - 023 Effetre International — 6 photos
• VM - 024 Barbini; Pagnin & Bon — 1 photos
• VM - 026 Unknown Lighting Co ? — 1 photos
• VM - 027 Fratelli Barbini — 1 photos
• VM - 028 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 029 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 030 Bisazza Vetro — 1 photos
• VM - 031 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 032 iTRE — 1 photos
• VM - 033 De Majo — 1 photos
• VM - 034 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 035 Gianni Seguso — 9 photos
• VM - 036 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 037 Salvadori; Archimede Seguso ; Gambaro — 1 photos
• VM - 038 Salvadori — 12 photos
• VM 039 - Gambaro & Poggi — 15 photos
• VM - 040 LIP Murano; Includes Marcello Furlan; Pino Signoretto — 14 photos
• VM - 041 Formia — 23 photos
• VM - 042 A.L.T. & C. S.n.c. (Vetreria A.L.T.). ? — 1 photos
• VM - 043 Arte 80 (Renato Anatrà) — 6 photos
• VM - 044 Oball — 4 photos
• VM - 045 Gino Cenedese e Figlio — 3 photos
• VM - 046 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 047 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 048 Leucos; Artemide; Arteluce; Kalmar — 1 photos
• VM - 049 Unknown or Unassigned — 2 photos
• VM - 050 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 051 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 052 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 053 Vetreria Artistica Effe di M. Furlan — 1 photos
• VM - 054 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VM - 055 La Vetreria Bibierre — 1 photos
• 056 Cenedese / Seguso Conflict (period cenedese owned seguso name — 2 photos

VAM furnace and manufacturer registration albums (103 albums)

The VAM-numbered reference series documents entries associated with contemporary Murano production and the Vetro Artistico Murano mark. Check the exact inscription, time period and maker before drawing conclusions.

• VAM - 001 Futura T & B snc — 3 photos
• VAM - 002 Ongaro & Fuga — 2 photos
• VAM - 003 Ercole Moretti snc — 2 photos
• VAM - 004 Vetreria Artistica Oball — 11 photos
• VAM - 005 Artifex snc — 1 photos
• VAM - 006 Vetreria Artistica Rosa — 1 photos
• VAM - 007 Fornace Ferro Murano srl / Yalos 2019 — 4 photos
• VAM - 008 Andromeda International srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 009 Galliano Ferro — 2 photos
• VAM - 010 Nason & Moretti srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 011 Gino Cenedese & Figlio — 3 photos
• VAM - 012 Alfredo Barbini srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 013 Vetreria Artistica Virgilio — 1 photos
• VAM - 014 Zanchi srl — 3 photos
• VAM - 015 Ragazzi & C. snc — 4 photos
• VAM - 016 Antichi Angeli sas — 2 photos
• VAM - 017 Mazzuccato Gaetano Gino — 1 photos
• VAM - 018 Vetreria Murrine International (VMI) — 1 photos
• VAM - 019 Mazzuccato srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 020 TFZ Internazionale srl — 6 photos
• VAM - 021 Fratelli Tosi srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 022 Gambaro & Poggi sas & Gambaro e Tagliapietra — 11 photos
• VAM - 023 Zanetti Murano srl — 20 photos
• VAM - 024 Effe Vetreria Artistica — 6 photos
• VAM - 025 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 026 La Perla Veneziana — 2 photos
• VAM - 027 AV Mazzega srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 028 Linea Padovan — 1 photos
• VAM - 029 Ars Murano srl — 11 photos
• VAM - 030 Signoretto Lampadari — 2 photos
• VAM - 031 De Biasi srl — 3 photos
• VAM - 032 Seguso Gianni — 3 photos
• VAM - 033 Di Pi Vetreria Artigiana — 33 photos
• VAM - 034 GIULIANO TOSO — 1 photos
• VAM - 035 De Majo Illuminazione srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 036 Artigianato Muranese srl — 22 photos
• VAM - 037 Formia srl — 18 photos
• VAM - 038 Alessandro Mandruzzato — 3 photos
• VAM - 039 V Nason & C. Srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 040 Vetreria Colleoni snc — 27 photos
• VAM - 041 Fornasier Luigi snc — 5 photos
• VAM - 042 La Fenice — 3 photos
• VAM - 043 Signoretto & Bastianello srl — 4 photos
• VAM - 044 Elite Murano srl — 3 photos
• VAM - 045 NUOVA P.I.M. Sas — 1 photos
• VAM - 046 Panizzi Eugenio snc — 2 photos
• VAM - 047 Effetre spa — 1 photos
• VAM - 048 Idea Murano srl — 3 photos
• VAM - 049 Stefano Toso srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 050 Eugenio Ferro & C. 1929 srl — 6 photos
• VAM - 051 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 052 Rosis snc — 2 photos
• VAM - 053 PMG Fratelli Pitau — 4 photos
• VAM - 054 Esperienze di Vismann Sara — 1 photos
• VAM - 055 Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti — 2 photos
• VAM - 056 Rossi Rino (VRM - Valter Rossi Murano or Imperio Rossi) — 1 photos
• VAM - 057 Simone Giovanni Cenedese / Simone Cenedese — 2 photos
• VAM - 058 Eli Vetri d’Arte di A. & A. & M. Formentello S.N.C. — 1 photos
• VAM - 059 D’Este e Zane Art Glass srl — 4 photos
• VAM - 060 Ferro Lorenzo Murano — 19 photos
• VAM - 061 La Fornasotta di Urban Gabriele — 7 photos
• VAM - 062 Millefiori Factory — 6 photos
• VAM - 063 BP Barbara Proverbio — 2 photos
• VAM - 064 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 065 Esse 2 sas di Serena Carlotta — 5 photos
• VAM - 066 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 067 Zanvettori Manuela — 3 photos
• VAM - 068 Sergio Tiozzo — 2 photos
• VAM - 069 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 070 Vetreria Accaeffe srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 071 Unknown or Unassigned — 1 photos
• VAM - 072 Stefano Toso — 1 photos
• VAM - 073 Polychromy srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 074 La Fucina del Vetro srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 075 Vetraria Morasso — 2 photos
• VAM - 076 Art Glass Studio srl — 3 photos
• VAM - 077 MilleVetri Murano SRL — 2 photos
• VAM - 078 Fratelli Barbini Glass Mirror — 2 photos
• VAM - 079 Alessandro Tagliapietra — 4 photos
• VAM - 080 Striulli A. Vetri d’Arte — 2 photos
• VAM - 081 Roberto Guidotti Original Murano — 1 photos
• VAM - 082 Vetreria Pino Signoretto — 1 photos
• VAM - 083 Cesare Sent snc — 1 photos
• VAM - 084 Linea Tagliapietra di Fabio T. — 1 photos
• VAM - 085 Ragazzi sas — 2 photos
• VAM - 086 Arte di Murano — 1 photos
• VAM - 087 Nicolamoretti snc — 2 photos
• VAM - 088 New Murano Gallery — 2 photos
• VAM - 089 L’Antica Perla di Molin Liviana — 2 photos
• VAM - 090 Berengo Studio 1989 — 2 photos
• VAM - 091 Schiavon Massimiliano Art Team — 1 photos
• VAM - 092 Vetreria Badioli — 2 photos
• VAM - 093 Costantini Glass Beads — 2 photos
• VAM - 094 Ditta Vianello — 1 photos
• VAM - 095 Vetrate Artistiche di S. Bullo — 2 photos
• VAM - 096 Wave Murano Glass — 4 photos
• VAM - 097 AAV Barbini srl — 2 photos
• VAM - 098 Effetre Murano srl — 1 photos
• VAM - 099 TMG Murano Glass; Amurianas Vitrum; Riccardo Labs — 2 photos
• VAM - 100 Vianello Nadia Murrine — 2 photos
• VAM - 101 Fornace Mian — 2 photos
• VAM - 102 Vetreria R.C.R. — 3 photos
• VAM - 103 Majega Murano — 1 photos

Zoo and legacy collections (9 albums)

Browse the New Murano Animals Zoo, older zoo collections and other broad archives. These collections preserve useful comparison material alongside the more targeted albums.

• Semi-Aquatic Animals - Beaver — 2 photos
• New Murano Animals Zoo 001 — 318 photos
• OLD MURANO ANIMALS ZOO NO 4 — 612 photos
• OLD MURANO ANIMALS ZOO No. 3 — 991 photos
• OLD MURANO ANIMAL ZOO No. 2 — 981 photos
• MUST SEE TREASURES — 5 photos
• TBD — 318 photos
• COLLECTIONS — 115 photos
• Album — 2 photos

Labels, techniques and research collections (12 albums)

Explore identifying labels, importer references, specialist decorative techniques and research-in-progress collections.

• Camer Label — 29 photos
• DECANTER — 52 photos
• S. PUCCINI - TBD — 46 photos
• SVCC — 15 photos
• ALVIN IMPORT/EXPORT LABEL — 8 photos
• DECORA IMPORT/EXPORT LABEL — 13 photos
• SEGUSO AV — 42 photos
• VAMSA — 30 photos
• SCAVO — 49 photos
• CARNEVALE — 15 photos
• AUTHENTIC LABELS — 20 photos
• JORDAN IMPORT CO, JICO — 350 photos

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