New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Candlestick

Artist Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1889-1974)

Manufacturer Barovier & Toso (Italian)

Dateca. 1948

MediumSolid-worked glass

DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)

ClassificationsGlass

Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler

Object number97.42.5.1

Terms

Primavera
Plants
Flora
Colorless
Venice

On View

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.