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This glass vase was designed by Angelo Barovier in 1966 and made in 1982 by Barovier and Toso at Murano in Venice in Italy.

The vase is made of clear colourless glass with closely set translucent purple, blue and yellow-green bands. It is speckled with gilt. It bears the diamond-engraved mark 'barovier / +toso / murano'.

Venice has a very ancient glassmaking tradition, resulting in great technical skills amongst the workforce. The art of the glass blower rather that the cutter or engraver, dominates Italian glass, and all new techniques and new designs depend on and exploit this skill. Modern Italian glass is consequently noticeable for its elegant and original shapes, and also for its bold use of bright colours. Venini, Toso Vetri DíArte, Barovier and Toso and Barbini are all inter-related dynasties who have employed outstanding artists and designers in recent decades.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-436-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1982.792
• Date: 1982
  
• Material: Glass, clear colourless, with closely set translucent purple, blue and yellow-green bands, speckled gilt. Inscription: Barovier / +toso / murano [diamond-engraved]
  
• Dimensions: 364 mm H x 196 mm W x 136 mm deep
  
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• Subject: European glass
  
• Who: Barovier and Toso, Murano, Venice (Maker)
  Ercole Barovier (Designer)
  
• Where: Italy, Venice, Murano
  
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• Description: Vase of clear colourless glass with closely set translucent purple, blue and yellow-green bands, speckled gilt: Italian, Venetian, Murano, designed by Ercole Barovier, 1966, by Barovier and Toso, 1982
  
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