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Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

Italian, b. 1912

Alfredo Barbini (1912–2007), a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the 20th century. His parents were members of families, which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.

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Creator: Alfredo Barbini
Alfredo Barbini Aquarium Murano 2 Fish Glass Object for Cenedese 1960s
By Alfredo Barbini, Cenedese
Located in Munich, DE
Very colorful Murano glass block Aquarium with inclusions of two fishes and sea plants within clear glass, Italy circa 1960s.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Murano Glass

Barbini Murano Sommerso Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Figure Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture on pedestal. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green to blue, and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture on pedestal. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano White Gold Flecks Pink Italian Art Glass Bird Figure Paperweight
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, pink and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on base figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-60s. The bird...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Paperweight
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on base figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-60s. I have owned o...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Very Rare Murano Glass Aquarium by Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese, 1960s
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Murano Glass Aquarium by Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese, 1960s Rare Piece by Alfredo Barbini Murano art glass aquarium with three fish, squid, sea cat jellyfish...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Glass

Pair Murano Art Glass Barbini Aquarium Paperweight Sculptures with Fish Seaweed
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
PAIR Murano art glass Barbini Aquarium paperweight sculptures with fish and seaweed encased in the solid glass sculpture. The shorter bookend is 6.25 ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass

Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese Murano Glass Aquarium Sculptue, Italy, 1950s
By Alfredo Barbini, Cenedese
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Wonderful Murano aquarium fish tank block. Two colorful tropical fish with silver flecks captured inside a glass block with green seaweed and controlle...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Standing Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso golden amber and gold flecks Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / figurine. Created in the manner of designers Archimede Seguso and Al...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Murano Sommerso Aqua Blue Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass Bird Figures Paperweight
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso aqua blue and gold flecks Italian art glass bird figurines paperweight sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. They look to be...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Pulegoso Black Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Kitty Cat Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Pulegoso bubbles, over black core and gold flecks Italian art glass cat sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The cat stands...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Pulegoso Gray Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Kitty Cat Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Pulegoso bubbles, over black core and gold flecks Italian art glass cat sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The cat stands...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Murano Sky Blue Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Pheasant Bird Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown sky blue and gold flecks Italian art glass pheasant bird sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. The bird has a layer of "Bullicante" b...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Barbini Salviati Murano White Ribbons Gold Base Italian Art Glass Bird Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini, Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white ribbons art glass bird sculpture with gold flecks base. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini for the Salviati company. Labelled with an ea...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Parrots Sculpture by Alfredo Barbin 1950 's Applied Glass with Gold Powders
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in London, GB
The hand blown Sculpture depicts a pair of parrots poised upon twisted branches. The artist has represented the birds in an opaque dark brown glass decorated internally with gold inc...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Barbini Murano White Olive Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, olive green and gold flecks Italian art glass birds on branch sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Gold Leaf

Alfredo Barbini Italian Modernist White Yellow Murano Art Glass Cat Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in New York, NY
Early 21st century, one-of-a-kind sculpture in the shape of a jumping cat on a handmade nickel base. This Work of Art is signed by Alfredo Barbini in white blown Murano glass, decorated with an elongated dark gray Murrina on the back, highlighted by yellow stripes and black accents, the face in a Picasso style with green eyes, blue nose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Nickel

Architectural Door Handles Alfredo Barbini 1940 Venetian Blown Glass Polar Bear
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in London, GB
Venetian blown glass push and pull door handles from a hotel in Venice late 1940's, by Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) for Vitreria Gino Cenedese, Italy. Polar bears climbing on geometric glaciers set in clear and opaque glass block set with brass mounts. One white and gold ice bear...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Brass

Pair of Murano Polar Bear Sculptures by Alfredo Barbini, 1930'sItaly
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in London, GB
Adorable hand blown Murano polar bear sculptures by Alfredo Barbini, circa 1935, Italy. The Colour runs from aubergine bleeding in to opalescent clear iridized glass. Alfredo Barbini...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Large Alfredo Barbini Italian Glass Double Fish Centrepiece Platter
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in St. Louis, MO
Large Sommerso Alfredo Barbini for Cenedese Murano Italian glass double fish centerpiece platter. Bullicante glass formed fish and centrepiece bowl. No signs of chips or breaks. ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

Alfredo Barbini Monumental Italian Glass Double Fish Centerpiece with Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Alfredo Barbini beautiful bullicante Murano glass double fish figurine with bowl. This sculptural centerpiece is 24 inches tall and features a double Sommerso amber and green layer with hundreds of controlled glass bubbles throughout. It sits on a controlled bubble green charger...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Alfredo Barbini Animal Sculptures

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Glass

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Alfredo Barbini animal sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Alfredo Barbini animal sculptures are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of glass and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Alfredo Barbini animal sculptures, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original animal sculptures by Alfredo Barbini were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider animal sculptures by Bruno Gambone, Salviati, and Antonio da Ros. Prices for Alfredo Barbini animal sculptures can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $563 and can go as high as $15,878, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,240.

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