Luigi Onesto Sommerso Vase, c. 1980
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Luigi Onesto (Italian, b. 1935), sommerso vase, c. 1980, yellow, red and blue sommerso glass, etched signature 'L. Onesto Murano' to base, height 25.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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- 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.
- Etched - Glass decorated with an etched design, which is achieved through marking out the pattern, protecting the area that is not be etched, and then immersing the object in acid to dissolve the surface of the unprotected area. With some glass objects, such as cameo glass, there may be several layers of different coloured glass, and part of the top layer is dissolved leaving the bottom layer as the background. The longer the time of exposure of the object to acid, the deeper the etching.
The word etching is also sometimes used to describe another method of decoration, where wheel grinders were used decorate the surface, but this technique is usually known as engraving.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- glass, types or items - sommerso 176
- Onesto, Luigi (Italian) - Venetian / Murano glass, makers 38
- Venetian / Murano glass, housewares