Big Vintage Italian Blown Glass Amethyst Centerpiece
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Description
Big Vintage Italian Blown Glass Amethyst Centerpiece
Large hand-blown cushion knop stemmed bowl in luscious amethyst Italian glass. Imported in the 1960’s by KB (Koscherak Brothers), a New York based distributor meeting the demand in the U.S. for quality hand-blown glass from Italy. The KB Italian Glass sticker is on the inner side of the bowl. KB distributed glass from many different Italian glass houses and some of these items were made by Masters like Toso and Barbini. The ‘KB’ sticker has been found coupled with A.VE.M. s(Arte Vetraria Muranese) sticker, a well-known Italian luxury glass maker. KB Italian export glass was not signed by the artist.
It’s a big table centerpiece fruit or flower bowl. Formed entirely by hand in 6 parts. The 9½” wide bowl is applied to the 4-part stem which is applied to the slightly inverted foot. The stem consists of a wafer near the bowl, followed by a baluster, then a fat hollow cushion knop, then another baluster. It’s an eleborate ‘old world’ style of stem which allowed the maker to level the bowl by adjusting the stem within the knop while hot, and it’s also very decorative.
Beautiful dark amethyst high quality glass. Heat finished rims and ground pontil mark. In unused condition. Perfect. The bowl is 9½” wide with a circumference of 30″. It stands 8.25″ tall and weighs 3 lbs.
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