Items Similar to Primavera Vase attributed to Ercole Barovier

SOMMERSO Vase Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Leslie Pina Collection

Ercole Barovier ROSTRATO Vase, Murano

Ercole Barovier, "Aborigeni Vase", 1950

Italian Vase, 1950

Large Vannes Crystal Vase

Glass Vase in the Style of Zuccheri, Venini Murano 'Italy'

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 10

Primavera Vase attributed to Ercole Barovier

$6,500

£4,924.98

€5,651.03

CA$9,146.55

A$10,054.57

CHF 5,284.22

MX$122,099.15

NOK 65,919.35

SEK 62,453.95

DKK 42,175.05

About the Item

A stunning and extremely rare triangular vase executed in the Primavera glass technique, a short-lived and still-unreplicated invention by Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso. This example, with its unusual profile and delicate internal craquelure, represents not only one of the great technical triumphs of early 20th-century glass, but also one of its most enigmatic legacies. Primavera glass was developed during an intensive period of experimentation by Barovier, involving a secret chemical reaction that produced the ethereal crackled inner webbing while preserving a perfectly smooth surface. The result was glass that appeared frozen mid-shatter—fragile, layered, and almost organic. The chemical compound essential to the process was discovered by accident, and once depleted, the technique was lost forever. Despite extensive attempts, no glassmaker since has been able to replicate it, making authentic examples like this all the more coveted and highly attributable. This particular vase features an unusual triangular body and two asymmetrically formed handles that appear not to be fully fused to the body—suggesting this may have been a trial piece, an unfinished prototype, or an experimental variation that somehow escaped destruction. Barovier was known to test structural boundaries, and pieces that didn’t conform to production standards were typically destroyed—making surviving anomalies extremely rare and of unique interest to collectors and historians. With Primavera’s known limitations and the impossibility of posthumous production, the technique itself acts as a signature, and examples can be confidently attributed based on the unique characteristics of the glass and form. This vase stands as a striking artifact of one of Murano’s greatest technical and artistic achievements, existing at the intersection of accident, invention, and irreversible loss. Works in the Primavera technique are included in the Murano Glass Museum, the Corning Museum of Glass, and other major public collections. This piece offers not just beauty, but a narrative of experimentation, failure, and mastery—a relic of alchemical modernism that is sculptural, mysterious, and historically irreplaceable.

Attributed to:
Ercole Barovier (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Width: 6.75 in (17.15 cm)Depth: 5.75 in (14.61 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
1930s
Condition:
Seller Location:
Kilmarnock, VA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8830821094

More From This Seller

View All

Large Iridato Vase by Salviati

By Salviati

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

A stunning oversized Murano vase by Salviati, one of the most storied glassmakers on the Venetian island of Murano. This sculptural vessel is blown in Iridato glass, a specialized fo...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Other Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Large Iridato Vase by Salviati

$3,200

Murano Vase in Iridescent Pulegoso Glass by AVEM

By Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

A delicate and rare example of early 20th-century Murano glass, this vase was crafted in 1934 by Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM), one of the most innovative glasshouses of the period. ...

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano Vase in Iridescent Pulegoso Glass by AVEM

$2,200

Large Vintage Picasso Style Vase

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

A striking mid-century European pottery vase that combines bold brutalist aesthetics with a Picasso-inspired abstract form and markings. The vase’s sculptural presence is characteriz...

Category

Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Large Vintage Picasso Style Vase

$2,800

Murano Glass Vase in Iridescent Pulegoso by AVEM

By Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

This rare 1934 vase is a masterful example from Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVeM), a celebrated glassworks founded in 1932 by master glassblowers Antonio Luigi Ferro, his sons Egidio and...

Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Vases

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano Glass Vase in Iridescent Pulegoso by AVEM

$2,200

Large Art Glass Vase by Michael Nourot

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

Exceptional Art Glass Vase by Michael Nourot (1949–2015) A stunning large-scale art glass vase by celebrated American glass artist Michael Nourot, whose career helped define the tra...

Category

1990s American Modern Vases

Materials

Art Glass

Large Art Glass Vase by Michael Nourot

$600

Vase by Eva Staehr Nielsen for Saxbo

By Saxbo, Eva Stæhr Nielsen

Located in Kilmarnock, VA

This exceptional Danish Modern vase represents the pinnacle of Eva Stæhr-Nielsen’s artistic vision—where form is reduced to its purest, most expressive state. Every curve is consider...

Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Vase by Eva Staehr Nielsen for Saxbo

$2,100

Mid-20th Century Italian Vases

Materials

Glass

SOMMERSO Vase Attributed to Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Leslie Pina Collection

$750

Ercole Barovier ROSTRATO Vase, Murano

By Ferro Toso Barovier, Ercole Barovier

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974); Ferro Toso Barovier (Italy) Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Materials: glass Dimensions (H, W, D): 10"...

Category

Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Blown Glass

Ercole Barovier ROSTRATO Vase, Murano

$3,500

Ercole Barovier, "Aborigeni Vase", 1950

By Ercole Barovier

Located in Paris, FR

Ercole Barovier "Aborigeni vase", c. 1950 Execution: Cased glass, clear and black H : 34 cm (13.38") Overall Very good condition A piece both highly collectible and decorative...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Ercole Barovier, "Aborigeni Vase", 1950

$3,590

Italian Vase, 1950

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All...

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Glass

Italian Vase, 1950

$3,000

Large Vannes Crystal Vase

Located in Brooklyn, NY

original large Vannes crystal vase.

Category

Vintage 1950s French Vases

Materials

Crystal

Large Vannes Crystal Vase

$1,600

Glass Vase in the Style of Zuccheri, Venini Murano 'Italy'

By Murano Glass Sommerso, Toni Zuccheri

Located in Pasadena, TX

Glass vase in the style of Toni Zuccheri Rich orange, gold and white tones are blended in this circular vase that is attributed to Toni Zuccheri, Venini Murano (Italy).

Category