Barovier and Toso Murano Art Glass Vase, Swirling Lines
Barovier and Toso Murano Art glass vase, of baluster form with flared rim, decorated with a swirling lines in blue and purple translucent tones, etched signature to base, height 7.68 in. and diameter 8.46 in.
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- 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. - 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.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Barovier & Toso (Italy) - Venetian / Murano glass, makers 115
- Venetian / Murano glass, housewares
