A PAIR OF 'GRAFFITO' APPLIED GLASS ROOSTERS

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A PAIR OF 'GRAFFITO' APPLIED GLASS ROOSTERS
DESIGNED BY ERCOLE BAROVIER FOR BAROVIER & TOSO, CIRCA 1969

Modeled in the form of an arched rooster, with applied eyes, comb, beak, waddle and feet, the clear and powder blue glass with graffito decoration and gold inclusions, on circular base with scalloped border 9½in. (24cm.) high

cf. Attilia Dorigato, Ercole Barovier 1889 - 1974, p. 121; Marc Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano 1910 - 1970, p. 52 for illustrations of vases in this technique (2)

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