Alfredo Barbini – Huge Signed Doppio Incalmo Murano Glass Decanter Vintage

Alfredo Barbini Doppio Incalmo Murano Glass Decanter Designer or Artist: Alfredo Barbini Year Of Design: c.1970s Company or Studio: Barbini Country: Italy Height : 360 mm / 14.2 Width or Diameter : 160 mm / 6.3 Notes: A very large & scarce decorative glass decanter created in the 1970s-80s by Alfredo Barbini for his own Murano glassworks. It was made using a complex & skilled method called ‘incalmo’, where two (or more) hemispheres of glass near-molten are joined together & worked until flat & straight, providing a crisp line between two or more colours of glass. This piece is ‘doppio incalmo’, with three distinct bands of colour – cobalt blue, clear & an aqua blue-green. It has a cupped neck that takes the loose ball-shaped stopper to form a seal The decanter is signed to the side, near the base, & additionally bears a plastic factory label. Condition Report: Light water marks to the interior, but too faint to photograph. Otherwise, in excellent condition. Alfredo Barbini – Huge Signed Doppio Incalmo Murano Glass Decanter Vintage