Italian Murano Yellow Sommerso Glass Decanter Bottle w Stopper 14"

Description

Mid century Italian Murano glass decanter bottle with stopper featuring the Sommerso or submerged technique that shows exceptional clarity and sharpe color separation from the clear to yellow.

The sommerso technique was originally developed in the 1930's by Carlo Scarpa at Venini & Co. Sommerso is the Murano glassmaking technique of creating two or more layers of contrasting glass without the colours mixing together. It is formed by dipping coloured glass into molten glass of a different colour, before blowing the glass into the required form. The outermost layer is often clear. During the 1950's the sommerso style became world famous due to the work of Flavio Poli, artistic director of Seguso Vetri d'Arte.

Condition

Some chips to base of stopper, internal crack / firing flaw in neck.

Dimensions

3.75" x 3.75" x 13.75" (W x D x H)