ALFREDO BARBINI MURANO ITALY Vintage Moon Crater Bubbles LARGE CENTERPIECE BOWL
ALFREDO BARBINI MURANO ITALY Vintage Moon Crater Bubbles. Engraved / Etch Signed "Barbini Murano".
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Design 1970's 1980's. Measures 15 1/4" Wide X 5" Tall. Color: Mostly White with Muted Pink/Purple Bottom.
Outer Glass of Bowl is Smooth. Light Shines Through the Various Sized Bubbles. This Gorgeous Bowl is in Excellent, Near Original Condition.May Show Traces of Very Minimal Use. A Beautiful & Rare Piece of Art. By a Master Italian Glassmaker.
Alfredo Barbini was an Italian glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of. In the lagoon of Venice, Italy. Was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers. Barbini began his long career in 1925 at the age of 13, working in the S.
In 1929 he joined Cristalleria di Venezia e Murano as a master glassblower. From 1936 to 1944 he was a partner and master glassblower at Societa Anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, known as S. Following World War II Barbini worked as master glassblower and designer successively with Archimede Seguso and Napoleone Martinuzzi, then became a partner with Vetreia. Vistosi and, later, Gino Cenedese.
With financial assistance from the firm of Salviati & C. For whom he produced products, he formed in 1950 his own glass firm, Vetreria Alfredo Barbini (reorganized in 1983 as Alfredo Barbini Srl). His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1961.
Among numerous other honors, Barbini was awarded the "Osella d'Oro" by Venice's Associazione degli Industriale and the honorary title "Commendatore" and was named "1989 Venetian of the Year" by the Settimare Association. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Decorative Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Centerpieces". The seller is "icecube" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: Mid-Century Modern
- Material: Glass
- Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
- Alfredo Barbini: Italian Master Glassmaker Glassblower
- Features: Signed
- Type: Bowl
- Color: White, Clear, Muted Pink to Gray
- Glassmaking Technique: Hand Blown
- Type of Glass: Hand Blown Glass
- Subject/Theme: Midcentury Modern Planetary Astronomy
- Brand: Barbini
- City of Origin: Murano
- Country/Region of Origin: Italy
- Production Style: Art Glass
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy