Incollect Magazine Issue 7

Incollect Magazine 117 Pulegoso and Bullicante Pulegoso is related to bullicante as a glass-making technique but distinguished by intention: with bullicante, the bubbles are controlled and regular, but in the pulegoso technique the bubbles form randomly throughout the molten glass, as seen in a cordonato d’oro vase created by Ercole Barovier in the 1950s for Barovier & Toso, offered by NYC Modern. Donzella has a circa 1942 hand-blown pulegoso vase with applied foot and circular buttons designed by Ercole Barovier. Pulegoso is made by adding substances such as gasoline to molten glass, causing it to boil and fuse irregular air bubbles to create dynamism and a sense of movement. Venfield has a pair of neoclassical-style pulegoso leaf sconces from the 1950s with gold incrustations that are timeless in their appeal. San Francisco decorative arts gallery Epoca is offering a mid- century bullicante art glass lamp by Barovier & Toso, in teal with silver inclusions, that the gallery describes as a “ribbed baluster form with a splayed scalloped foot resting on a giltwood base.” “I love this particular lamp, not only for the beautiful, deep blue-green but the masterful creativity behind its creation with its controlled bubbles and silver aventurine, or metal flecks,” says Eric Petsinger at the gallery. Rostrato The Rostrato technique was developed by Ercole Barovier in 1938 and involves the glass maker pulling out a series of peaks from the glass with flat pliers while it is still hot. The resulting beak-like protrusions give the object texture and form, creating depth as well as surface distortions and a sculptural quality. Rostrato objects are among Ercole Barvoier’s most famous, desired works of art. Veneziani Arte has terrific glass chandeliers from Barovier & Toso using the rostrato technique, including an effusive five-shade Art Deco chandelier by Ercole Barovier from 1940. An 8-arm glass rostrato chandelier by Barovier & Toso, offered by The FM Gallery is another fine example of glassmaking, also using the Rostrato technique. “This is a splendid and rare chandelier from the 1940s,” says Michael Ahose from the gallery in London. “This chandelier was executed with the typical ‘Rostrato’ technique in thick and transparent glass mounted on a thick metal structure with brass coverings as details. Here we have an iconic example of the prestigious art of Murano’s glass interpreted with a new dynamic uplifted vision that expresses the reborn spirit of the post-war mid-1940s in Italy.” A bold eight-arm Barovier & Toso chandelier in the rostrato technique, developed by Ercole Barovier in 1938. Peaks are hand-pulled from the hot glass with pliers, creating a profusion of sparkling reflective surfaces. Rope twist surfaces on the stem and arms create another texture and more reflective surfaces. Circa 1940s. From The FM Gallery on Incollect.