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Antica Vetreria F.lli Toso History |
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| Fratelli Toso company is credited with being responsible for the revival in artistic glass-making in Murano.
After the fall of the Venetian republic in 1797, Murano suffered the devastating occupation of Napoleon's troops in 1800.
Its palaces, churches, monasteries and wonderful orchards were destroyed and Murano lived through a period of demolition and hardship that lasted until the middle of the century. The lack of orders led to almost all of the factories being closed, and many masters emigrated abroad. In 1854 in that which was left of the Scuola Grande di S.Giovanni dei Battuti, six brothers, the sons of PIETRO TOSO established a company. Initially production, like in the rest of Murano, was of an inferior quality. The ability to make glass by hand had been lost, and objects were made for domestic or pharmaceutical use: bottles for the Carmelite friars' lemon-balm and flasks or smaller bottles for oils and tinctures. Gregorio Toso, the first manager of the company, was appointed to run Fratelli. |
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