Artisti Barovier & Fratteli Toso
'Connubio' vase with foot
Cast and wrought iron, Murano blown glass
Model created circa 1922
H 180×Ø50cm
Note: Bellotto produced numerous pieces combining blown glass and wrought iron. These were exhibited at the Venice and Monza Biennales in the early 1920s. This process of combining the two materials was patented by Bellotto in 1920 as ‘connubio di ferro e vetro’.
Bibliography: F. Deboni, 'Murano ‘900 Vetri e Vetrai', Milan, 1996 p. 107, fig. 26 for a similar mounted vase using the same connubio technique.
The buyer can be provided with a copy of a letter from Mrs. Rosa Barovier Mentasti dated June 20, 1997, a copy of a letter from Mr. Angelo Barovier dated June 19, 1997, and a letter from the Civici Musei Veneziani d'Arte e di Storia dated November 18, 1997.
