Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Italian
Partnerships come and go within the community of glass-making artisans on the Venetian island of Murano, where business relationships seem as complex as the shifting alliances in the notoriously acrimonious Italian parliament. Formed in 1942 by members of families with centuries of experience in the craft, Barovier&Toso has proven to be one of the most enduring and prosperous Italian glass manufactories of recent decades. Under the nearly 50-year artistic directorship of cofounder Ercole Barovier (1889–1974), the company created buoyant traditional pieces such as chandeliers, sconces and other lighting fixtures, and it pioneered an array of innovative modernist glass designs with bold colors, patterns and surfaces.
The Barovier dynasty began in 1295, when Jacobello Barovier, mentioned in historical documents as a master glassblower, began pinching, cutting, blowing and twisting a molten mixture of sand and minerals into incandescent works of art. It remained entirely family-owned until the mid-20th century, when it merged with another glassworks to become Barovier&Toso.
To appeal to gentler, more conservative tastes, Barovier&Toso produced a range of lilting, sinuous lighting pieces that are often described as embodying “Liberty Style” — the Italian term for Art Nouveau, taken from the name of famed London department store Liberty & Co., which promoted 19th-century organic textile designs and Arts and Crafts-style furniture in the manner of William Morris. The hallmarks of the style in Barovier&Toso works are elements of glass in the shape of thick leaves, fronds and flower petals, deployed along with other naturalistic ornament in sconces, pendants and chandeliers.
Ercole Barovier began his personal aesthetic transition toward modernism in the 1930s with his Primavera series of vases and animal sculptures — idiosyncratic milky-white and clear glass filled with tiny bubbles and hairline interior fissures that he produced for Artisti Barovier, a firm headed by his father and uncle. Later, with Barovier&Toso, he would explore such novel styles as the mosaic-like Pezzato glass; fluid Spiral patterns; the pebbly textured Barbarico line and the complex, layered and highly colored abstractions of the Oriente series of vases and bowls.
Traditional or modern, Barovier&Toso — still under family control — has produced one of the finest and most diverse catalogues of Murano glass in the last 100 years.
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Creator: Barovier&Toso
Ercole Barovier - Ferro Toso Barovier Bowl ca. 1936
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Ercole Barovier - Ferro Toso Barovier Bowl ca. 1936
A nice glass bowl manufactured by Ferro Toso Barovier ca. 1936, Murano Italy. Honey yellow glass with gold foil inclusion and a o...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Green Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 2 Available
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and green Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures:...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
BAROVIER & TOSO - Cane in vetro di MURANO - Made in ITALY - 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
BAROVIER & TOSO - bel cane disegnato e prodotto a MURANO, nelle fornace muranesi di BAROVIER & TOSO, negli anni 50 , con la raffinata accuratezza di questa raffinata ditta .
Questo o...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Pair of Murano Glass Candle Holders by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A vintage Mid-Century Modern Italian pair of candleholders made of hand blown Pulegoso Murano glass, designed and produced by Barovier & Toso, in good condition. Wear consistent with...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Gray Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Decorative Flower Bowl
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown gray and gold flecks Italian art glass flower shaped bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for Barovier e Toso, circa 1960s. Created in the...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Barovier Toso Murano Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ribbed Pitcher Vase
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown deep red and gold flecks Italian art glass pitcher shaped flower vase. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier, for the Barovier e Toso company. Cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Barovier e Toso Candle Holders Murano Glass 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier e Toso.
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier and Toso Vase Centerpiece iridescent Glass 1940 Italy
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional Barovier and Toso Iridescent Glass Centerpiece Vase
Category
1940s Italian Other Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Vintage Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Heart Shape Bowl Dish
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass heart shaped bowl. Documented to designer Ercole Barovier for the Barovier e Toso Company. The bowl has a ribbed pat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
BAROVIER&TOSO - Vaso in pesante vetro di murano con bolle d’aria anni 40.
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milano, IT
Barovier & Toso, importante vaso in vetro pesante di murano leggermente iridato e con inclusioni di bolle d’aria e grosse costolature laterali a forma di foglie stilizzate .
Original...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Primavera Model by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Vase from the Primavera series, in white and translucent blown Murano glass and black and gold glass edges. Production Barovier & Toso. Signed.
Biography
Barovier & Toso is a Murano...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier and Toso Murano Multicolored Aventurine Art Glass Vase Marble Base
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning Barovier and Toso Murano multicolored art glass vase with aventurine flecks. Hand blown and resting on a marble base. The piece wonderfully detailed rim, with scroll decorat...
Category
20th Century Italian Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Barovier & Toso Kafka Art Piece
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Art Object by Noti Massari and Renato Toso
The artwork, titled Un vaso-scultura Kafka (1991), is a Murano glass sculpture created by the renowned design duo Noti Massari and Renato ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Ring Dish Sculptures
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Please per item (3 available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass twisting seashell dishes / sculptures. Documented to the Barovier e Toso company, wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Barovier & Toso Opal Turquoise Glass Bottle Flacone with Stopper, 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Barovier & toso opal glass bottle designed in the 1950s. This beautiful flaconne Murano piece has a really eye-catching colour and presence, with turquoise opal glass with milky white opal...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
1990s Italian Murano Cobalt Blue Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in DARLINGTON, WA
Stunning 1990s Barovier&Toso Murano cobalt blue vase. In excellent vintage condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Glass Vase by Barovier and Toso in Murano
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Glass Vase by Barovier and Toso in Murano
Additional Information:
Material: Glass
Style: Mid century, Italian
Produced by Barovier & Toso in Murano, Italy
Dimensions (W x D x H): 13...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Original Torciglione Glass Picture Frame by Barovier & Toso, Murano, c.1935
By Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
An original 1930s 'Torciglione' clear glass picture frame produced by one of the most prestigious glass manufacturers in Italy, Barovier & T...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Large Black Murano Vases by Barovier e Toso, Italy, 1970s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Pair of large black Murano vases by Barovier e Toso. Italy, 1970s.
Both are signed and have the original labels on them.
Hard to find as a pair.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Murano Glass Vase Primavera Model by Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Milan, Italy
Vase from the Primavera series, in white and translucent blown Murano glass and black and gold glass edges. Production Barovier & Toso. Signed.
Biography
Barovier & Toso is a Murano...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Footed Bowl Gold Leaf and Grapes, Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso & Co 1949
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Ercole Barovier, model 'Pezzato', 1950
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Ercole Barovier (1889 - 1974), model 'Pezzato', 1950
amber and red tesserae
produced by Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy
20 cm (height)
marked with old 'Barovier & Toso' label, numbe...
Category
1950s European Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Ercole Barovier SPIRA AURATA Vase, Murano
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974); Barovier & Toso (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s)
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 9"h, 7"w, 4"...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Set of 3 Amber Rostrato Murano Glass Vases by Barovier & Toso, 1940s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible set of 3 Murano glass vases in a rare mid-century amber rostrato. This beautiful object was produced in the 1940s in Italy by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
This ma...
Category
1940s European Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Chandra Vase, Roberto Caddeo for Barovier e Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Uccle, BE
Somewhere between the vase and the contemporary glass sculpture, we present “Chandra” imagined by Roberto Caddeo for Barovier and Toso in 1995.
Chandra is part of a series of piec...
Category
1990s Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Signed Barovier & Toso Mid-Century Murano Art Glass Candy Cane Ribbon Vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This signed art glass vase was done by the renowned Barovier & Toso of Murano Italy and done in approximately 1965 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The vase is done i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Murano glass bowl with grapes by Ercole Barovier & Toso, 1930
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Murano glass bowl with grapes by Ercole Barovier & Toso, 1930
Bowl by Barovier & Toso, 1930, red, white and gold.
Very high quality
Size: 10 x 20 cm.
Excellent condition
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Centerpiece by Ercole Barovier for Barovier, Toso & Co. 1940 in Rugiadoso
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in London, GB
Rugiadoso biomorphic bowl of a shells resting on a pedestal of sea urchins designed circa 1940 by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) and is produced one of the oldest family businesses in t...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso, piece from 'Polyvase' series, ca. 1962
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Barovier & Toso, piece from 'Polyvase' series, ca. 1962
incalmo glass in blue and colourless glass with millefiori murrine band
produced by Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy
ca. 32 x 8....
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier & Toso "Tessere" 1956
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Tessere ambra' vase, 1956
Cylindrical, flattened shape on two sides. H. 20.3 cm. Execution: Barovier & Toso. Clear glass with fused rectangular platelets in ocher brown and opal whi...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Etched glass vase by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Torino, IT
Etched glass vase from the Murano glassworks Barovier & Toso.
Refined murano glass vase with 4 layers of enameling.
The technique of glass embedding consists of hot overlapping lay...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Barovier Murano Glass Moorish Figures
By Barovier&Toso
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine pair of Moorish Figures in Venetian Dress. Hand blown Black Murano Glass with Gold accenting by Barovier, Italy, 1930s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Ercole Barovier EFESO Vase, Murano
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974); Barovier & Toso (Italy)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 11.25"h,...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass
Barovier & Toso, rare double neck vase
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Zurich, CH
Barovier & Toso, rare double neck vase
drop vase with oval cross-section and double neck; decorated with vertical polychrome strands
32 cm (height)
e...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier&Toso Murano glass iridized basket circa 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Barovier&Toso Murano glass iridized basket with flower circa 1950
Category
1950s Italian International Style Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier&Toso Murano glass bicolor vase circa 1950
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible Barovier&Toso "Laguna gematta" Murano glass bicolor vase circa 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
Elegant Italian Midcentury Perfume Bottles Signed by Barovier & Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
Elegant set of hand blown Murano glass. Signed by Barovier & Toso, circa 1955 in a beautiful shade of green. They have the original stoppers.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
Toso Murano Ravishing Statuette in Murano Glass "Chinese"
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Toso
Murano
Ravishing statuette in Murano glass
Chinese
Murano and gold flakes
Perfect condition
circa 1980
Measures: H 16 x D 10 x W 6 cms
390 euros.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Murano Glass
1970 Cup, Murano Crystal Purple and Gold, Signed Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, FR
Cup of Murano with bubbles and gold inclusions, good condition, purple crystal and gold, signed Toso,
circa 1970
Measures: Length 34 cm
Width 32 cm
Height 14 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
1970 ‘Cup, Murano Crystal Purple and Gold, Signed Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, FR
Cup of Murano with bubbles and gold inclusions, good condition, purple crystal and gold, signed Toso,
circa 1970
Measures: Length 34 cm
Width 32 cm
Height 14 cm.
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
1970 Pair of Vases Or Similar Murano Crystal Pink and Gold Signed Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of Murano vases or similar with bubbles and gold inclusions, good condition, pink crystal and gold, signed Toso.
circa 1970
They have a small difference in size
Length 26 c...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Barovier/Barbini Large Hand Blown Crystal Shell Bowl
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This hand blown crystal shell is a large example and very heavy. The internal layer is filled with gold leaf and the outer cased layer is extremely well executed controlled bubbles, ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Barovier & Toso Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Barovier&toso decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.
Barovier&Toso decorative objects 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 Barovier&Toso decorative objects, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 241 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 6 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original decorative objects by Barovier&Toso were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider decorative objects by Flavio Poli, Archimede Seguso, and Seguso Vetri d'Arte. Prices for Barovier&Toso decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $90 and can go as high as $25,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,888.
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