Vtg Beauty MURANO 🇮🇹 BARBINI CIGAR Ashtray Bowl Dish HEART Art GLaSs Italy 50s

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View Vtg Beauty MURANO 🇮🇹 BARBINI CIGAR Ashtray Bowl Dish HEART Art GLaSs Italy 50s with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. • ITEM: Fabulous MURANO Alfredo BARBINI Ashtray Bowl Dish Steel-Blue and White Vintage 1950s Italian ArT GLaSs SOMMERSO Clear Casing • Shown in both warm and cool lighting. • DIMENSIONS: 7" long (17.78 cm) x 6½" w x 2½" h • WEIGHT: 2 pounds, 2 oz (960 g) • CONDITION: Excellent Vintage • DISCUSSION: Superb Murano, glass cigar ashtray, bowl or dish, in functional biomorphic heart design, cased (sommerso) in clear glass. Attributed to Alfredo Barbini. As a fine cigar ashtray, the folded top makes a perfect cigar holder regardless of stogie size. It's subtle, rich, elegant, well-proportioned 7 inches long, and of robust heavy design, weighing in at over two pounds. In great vintage condition. Excellent example of the work of one of the most talented master glass masters of the 1950s era. • ITEM: Fabulous MURANO Alfredo BARBINI Ashtray Bowl Dish Steel-Blue and White Vintage 1950s Italian ArT GLaSs SOMMERSO Clear Casing • Shown in both warm and cool lighting. • DIMENSIONS: 7" long (17.78 cm) x 6½" w x 2½" h • WEIGHT: 2 pounds, 2 oz (960 g) • CONDITION: Excellent Vintage • DISCUSSION: Superb Murano, glass cigar ashtray, bowl or dish, in functional biomorphic heart design, cased (sommerso) in clear glass. Attributed to Alfredo Barbini. As a fine cigar ashtray, the folded top makes a perfect cigar holder regardless of stogie size. It's subtle, rich, elegant, well-proportioned 7 inches long, and of robust heavy design, weighing in at over two pounds. In great vintage condition. Excellent example of the work of one of the most talented master glass masters of the 1950s era. Vintage MURANO 🇮🇹 BARBINI Venetian Bowl Dish CIGAR Ashtray Italian ArT GLaSs Italy SOMMERSO Vintage MURANO 🇮🇹 BARBINI Venetian Bowl Dish CIGAR Ashtray Italian ArT GLaSs Italy SOMMERSO Click images to enlarge The item pictured is  the same one  you will receive ALSO PICTURED :  A small sampling of the hundreds of fine  art glass, antiques, art, and collectibles  we have listed on eBay right now! View My Other Items For Sale Description Vintage 1950s Murano 🇮🇹 Venetian ALFREDO BARBINI Italian ArT GLaSs   CIGAR ASHTRAY or Bowl/Dish FEATURES • Sommerso • Heart Shaped • Elegant Simplicity • Lattimo White and Light Steel-Blue   Made in Murano, Italy ~ Reasonable offers cheerfully entertained & often accepted! ~   • DIMENSIONS:   7" long  (17.78 cm)  x 6½" w  x 2½" h • WEIGHT:   2 Pounds, 2 oz. (960 g) • CONDITION: Excellent Vintage :  Free from any damage or restoration. In gift, or collector-grade, condition. • DISCUSSION : Superb Murano , glass ashtray, candy bowl, or dish, in functional biomorphic heart design in light steel-blue and white, cased ( sommerso ) in clear glass. We attribute this piece to Alfredo Barbini. As a fine cigar ashtray, the folded top of the heart makes a perfect cigar holder regardless of the size of the stogie (my longest one is shown). Photographed in warm and cool lighting to display its visual versatility. It's subtle, rich, elegant, and well-proportioned at 7-inches wide, as well as robust and heavy, weighing in at over two pounds. It's in wonderful vintage condition. An excellent utilitarian example of the work of one of the most talented master glass artists of the 1950s era . An outstanding addition to your art glass collection, or a thoughtful gift! FULL CONDITION REPORT:  We thoroughly inspected this piece and found no cracks, chips, nicks, scuffs, flea bites, flakes, hairlines, notable scratches, or repairs, and no evidence of grinding  or restoration . Any natural indentations, bubbles, tool marks, or other natural textural features are all original to this piece and normal for hand-blown glass. Wear to the ground-flat base is consistent with age. The pontil scar was expertly ground and smoothly concave. Please review all high-resolution photographs, at full size, in forming your own opinions.   ~ We remain at your disposal for any further information. ~ ________________________________   Professionally packed, promptly shipped, and guaranteed to please! Why trust OnMyWatch?   1. As lifetime collectors, we diligently search out amazing, genuine art objects at great prices!   We're both from a long line of antique collectors.  Karen and I have collected art glass for many years. 2. We never sell damaged goods--EVER! 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Artist

Alfredo Barbini (attr.)

Category

Art Glass

Brand

Murano

Production Method

Hand-Blown Glass

Country/Region of Origin

Italy

Length

7 in (17.78 cm)

Age

Post-1940

Width

6½ in

Color

Blue and White

Height

2½ in

Features

Bi-Colore, Sommerso

Weight

2-Pounds, 2-oz. (960 g)

Era

Mid-Century Modern

Material

Glass

Original/Reproduction

Original

Style

Art Moderne