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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 343714, member: 50&quot;]There is some good information on JI Co over on glassmessages. Apparently Jordan&#039;s Importing is JI CO. It may be the maker of our vases as there seem to be some very similar with labels.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is some info supposedly by two of the children of the owner.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Sylvia Hamowy</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>THE QUESTION ABOUT J.I. CO. LABEL. THAT WAS MY FATHER&#039;S&nbsp; CO. IN MURANO ITALY IN 1950&#039;S. HE HAD AN ITALIAN PARTNER AND A SHOWROOM ON 23 STREET AND FIFTH AVE. NYC. MY FATHER DESIGNED THE GLASS.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I am happy to hear that Jordan&#039;s Importing Company is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Many times I see my father&#039;s work attributed to other artists of that time because they do not know the maker. </i></p><p><i>My father, Jack Blanco designed all of the glass. He had a partner, Spartaco Colelli in Venice who took care of the manufacturing.</i></p><p><i>My father opened a beautiful showroom on the corner of 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue. He hired a decorator and had a cocktail party to show the new designer glass. The showroom was all glass with windows on two sides. It was magnificent. We had never seen anything like it. My father had exceptional taste and was always before his time.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I am the brother of Sylvia HAMOWY and the son of Jack a Blanco. </i></p><p><i>My dad was the owner and designer of Jordan&#039;s importing company. The factory was in Milan. The company was the largest Venetian glass importer in the USA. In the early 70&#039;s, a union took the factory over. Prices went up by tenfold and put them out of business. I&#039;ve been to the factory in Milan and I was amazed at the artistic talent of the hand blower&#039;s.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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