Murano Glass Faceted Baluster Vase in Red, Yellow Sommerso
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Alessandro Mandruzzato, Murano glass vase of faceted baluster form, with textured sides, in red, yellow and clear sommerso glass, unsigned, height 18 cm and width 9.5 cm
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- Baluster (glass) - An architectural term for a column in a balustrade or staircase.
When used to describe glass, it can either refer to the shape of the stem of a wine glass, being slender above and pear shaped below, or the shape of the whole vessel, usually a vase. In fact the baluster shape is often described as being vase-like.
The description of a vase as being of baluster shape covers a wide variety of shapes that often bear no resemblance to the original architectural form. - Sommerso - A method of making cased glass developed in Murano in the 1930s, where one or more layers of transparent coloured glass is encased within a layer of thick clear colourless glass.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- glass, types or items - sommerso 176
- Mandruzzato (Italy) - Venetian / Murano glass, makers 16
- Venetian / Murano glass, housewares