Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Glass

Live Auction, 7 March 2011

Furniture, Silver, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Prints and Sculpture

Sold for

ZAR 23 394
Lot 69
  • A 'Laguna' glass vase, Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, 1935-36


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 394

About this Item

A 'Laguna' glass vase, Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso, 1935-36

the thick-walled vessel with moulded flared rim and ribbed sides, fused with deep green inclusions and raised on a circular clear glass foot, 33cm high

Literature

"From the mid-1930's Ercole Barovier generated new designs at a prodigious rate. Autumno, Laguna, and Marina Gemmato (1935-6) were inspired by gemstones and and were coloured burnt gold, azure, and deep blue respectively.  In these pieces, Barovier used the technique of colorazione a caldo senza fusione, meaning "colouring the glass while hot without melting" which involved sprinkling coloured glass fragments or powdered enamels on to the marver and then collecting them on the molten gather, producing glass with a speckled appearance."

Lesley Jackson, 20th Century Factory Glass, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000, p 26

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