Candlestick
Artist
Ercole Barovier
(Italian, 1889-1974)
Manufacturer
Barovier & Toso
(Italian)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1948
MediumSolid-worked glass
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler
Object number97.42.5.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis candlstick is related in design to Barovier's "Primavera" series of the 1920s and this is one of a pair of candlesticks in the "Barocchi" technique. Each has two stepped bobeches and each bobeche is hidden by two clear glass leaves. The series (Primavera) was produced in 1948 and was the last of Barovier's use of clear glass.Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999.
