Grand vase Graffito par Ercole Barovier – Barovier e Toso

This large vase is made of clear glass decorated with gold dust and lattimo glass (white opaque glass). Large glass bubbles are trapped in each « lace » of lattimo glass. According to Barovier and Toso, still in business today with a production mainly focused on lighting, this vase whose exact name is “Graffito Diafano Bianco Oro” is a variant of the “Graffito Barabarico Oro” series presented in 1969. This series, designed by Ercole Barovier and launched in 1975, remained in the catalogue for a short time period. A similar copy is to be found in the book “Art of the Barovier glassmakers in Murano” edited by Marina Barovier, Arsenale Editions, page 202. The object is signed with a diamond point “Barovier e Toso Murano”. It is in very good condition.