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Murano Glass and Bronze Art Deco Style / Italian Sconces/ SAGUSO MURANO
By Archimede Seguso, Mezzaga
Located in Buffalo, NY
glass,, gold foil , controlled bubble.Classic Art Deco / modernist design,, High quality polished brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
Hand Blown Murano Vase in Black Onyx with Bubbles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
within clear glass, adorned with precise, controlled bubbles. This intricate pattern not only enhances
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Sommerso Red Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Fish Figure Sculpture
By Flavio Poli, Seguso Vetri d
Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, antique, early Murano hand blown Sommerso red, controlled bubbles and gold leaf Italian
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$638 Sale Price
24% Off
Pairpoint Blown Glass Paperweight, Figural Swan Motif, Vintage, circa 1950s
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
art. It features an elegant swan and Pairpoint's signature controlled bubble. In very good vintage
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold and Yellow Murano Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1930's Italian Murano glass table lamps in yellow and gold tones, with controlled
Category
Vintage 1930s Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
$4,800 / set
Mid-century Murano Glass Pink Shell Ashtray or Bowl
By Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-century Murano glass ashtray. Shell pink glass interior with all over controlled bubbles
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
A Large Saliati Murano Glass Fish with Gold Flecks Mid 20th Century
By Salviati
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large and impressive Murano glass fish with bullicante controlled bubbles attributed to Salviatt
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Extra Large Crystal Orb
By Steuben Glass, Baccarat
Located in Houston, TX
Extra Large Crystal Orb.
Offered is a huge crystal orb or sphere with controlled bubbles throughout
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
$1,485
Archimede Seguso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Bullicante Clam Shell Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
and controlled bubbles techniques.
Pink glass cased into clear glass, controlled bubbles and gold and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Table Lamp
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Venetian pink and white body with controlled bubbles and gold flecks. It sits on a gilt bronze and wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
$1,095 Sale Price
51% Off
Petite Murano Bullicante Round Ball Table Lamp, 1940
s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Bainbridge, NY
glass ball with controlled bubbles and chrome neck. 9 H to top of socket, with small footprint
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Clear
purple Mid century modern glass vase by Gunnel Nyman for Studio Nuutaja
By Gunnel Nyman, Nuutajärvi Notsjõ
Located in Varese, Lombardia
. Hand blown controlled bubble model GN 17. One visible chip as showed in the pictures.
Signed and dated
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass
Scandinavia Modern Blue Art Glass Vase
Located in New York, NY
, controlled bubble design, mid-20th century, Denmark, Scandinavia. Very good condition. No chips noted
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Murano Vintage Orange Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Birds on Branch Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown orange, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
Barovier
Toso Murano Art Glass Lamps Rewired Gold and Clear Glass
By Barovier
Located in Atlanta, GA
clear glass with gold flecks and controlled bubbles with brass or bronze hardware. They have been
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gold Murano Pear
Located in Clearwater, FL
Italian glassmaking. Featuring controlled bubbles that transition from transparent to shimmering gold
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
$420
David Dowler for Steuben “Stardust” Pattern Centerpiece Bowl or Tazza circa 1985
By Steuben Glass, David Dowler
Located in Atlanta, GA
. 1945) A CLEAR CRYSTAL CENTERPIECE BOWL WITH CONTROLLED BUBBLE DECORATION IN THE "STARDUST" PATTERN
Category
20th Century American Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal
Beautiful Two Jellyfish Bag Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Statue Object
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Jellyfish inside, in red and orange color, floating on controlled bubbles. A beautiful nice addition at your
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Sommerso Glass Anthropomorphic Figurine Paperweight
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
amber and champagne glass gather is cased over with clear glass. Controlled bubbles are used to give the
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Alfredo Barbini Style Red Murano Glass Lamp with Gold Leaf Inclusions 1950s
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in New York, NY
Single ribbed Murano red glass lamp with gold leaf speckled bullicante (controlled bubbles) in the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Two Large Murano Gold Centerpiece Bowls
Located in Palm Springs, CA
controlled bubbles 9" diameter.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
$895 / set
Murano Art Glass Stem Vase Signed Vellini
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely Murano art glass stem vase.
No damage, controlled bubble inclusions and sommerso
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Gorgeous Large Murano Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
fishes, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are a blue, orange and clear. A beautiful nice addition to
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Archimede Seguso Vetri D
Arte Bullicante Table Lamp, Murano, Italy, 1930s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
controlled bubbles (Bullicante) and original peach shade (some signs of use and age - please see photos). In
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Glass
Pair of Large Salviati Murano Opalescent Fruit Bookends
By Salviati
Located in Palm Springs, CA
clear with control bubbles and opalescent. Each has Salviati sticker.
Pear 8.5" H X 4" W
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Glass
Materials
Glass
Italian Murano Green Gold Art Glass Bowl Ashtray Seguso
By Barovier&Toso, Archimede Seguso
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful Italian Murano emerald green and gold controlled bubble art glass bowl or ashtray
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp in Murano Glass Itso Barovier, Italy circa 1950
By Barovier
Located in Merida, Yucatan
controlled bubble effect sometimes refered as 'pulegoso'.
Both of these techniques were mastered by the
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Pair of Pairpoint Handblown, Wheel Cut Crystal Candlesticks with Black Base
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Great Barrington, MA
There are candlesticks and there is this pair!
Hand blown Pairpoint crystal stems with controlled
Category
Vintage 1940s American Candle Holders
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Silvered Bronze Candelabra Lamps by Pairpoint
Located in Lambertville, NJ
with silvered bronze mounts with glass sphere at the center and top with control bubbles in the glass
Category
Early 20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Murano Glass Lantern By Barovier
Toso
By Venini, Barovier, Salviati, Barovier&Toso, Seguso
Located in Houston, TX
made of a soft green blown glass with controlled bubbles accented with brass.
This unusual Murano
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Barbini Murano 1950s Blue Gold Flecks Bubble Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown blue, gold flecks and controlled bubbles Italian art glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Barbini White
Pink Gold Murano Glass Lamps
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of graduating white & pink fuchsia Barbini Murano glass lamps with control bubbles and gold
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$2,300 / set
Stunning Vintage Thick Blown Glass "Catch-All" Bowl by Murano Glass
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in San Diego, CA
", featuring the "Bullicante" controlled bubble technique with gold inclusions, circa the 1970s. The bowl is
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Zwiesel Rare Vintage Mid-Century Modern Purple Smoked Bubble Glass Bottle Vase
By Glasfachschule Zwiesel, Fulvio Bianconi, Venini, Max Gangkofner
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
with the band (a Macchie) of purple, almost amethyst coloured glass with a controlled bubble
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Midcentury Italian Murano Champagne Art Glass Clamshell Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
also features the bullicante technique for a controlled bubble pattern throughout making it a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Art Glass
Clear Hand Blown Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Brooklyn, NY
several controlled bubbles atop and below with the faintest hints of orange dash around the top
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
By J. Seeley
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
of controlled bubbles. Three free-form string structures of blue and white glass are surrounded by
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Large Mdina Glass Charger by Olivia Said
By Mdina
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Features :Asymetric rim with polychrome swirled glass and control bubbles
Marks : Mdina signed to base
Type
Category
Early 2000s Maltese Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Barovier and Toso Murano Orange Glass Lamp
By Barovier&Toso, Murano 5
Located in Stamford, CT
Barovier and Toso orange Murano glass lamp. Orange glass with bullicante (controlled bubbles) and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Murano AVeM Radi Red Silver Fleck Italian Art Glass Sculptural Surface Bowl
By Giulio Radi, Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown ruby red, controlled bubbles and silver flecks Italian art
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver Leaf
Large Two Jelly Fish Murano Glass Aquarium Cenedese Style, Italy 1980s
By Cenedese
Located in Rome, IT
two Jelly Fish inside, in two different colors, floating on controlled bubbles.
Made in Italy in the
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Amethyst Purple Blue Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Footed Bowl
By Alfredo Barbini, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown amethyst purple, blue, controlled bubbles and gold flecks
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Fratelli Toso Sky Blue Green Bubbles Italian Art Glass Centerpiece Bowl
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown blue and green, with controlled bubbles, unusual Italian art
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
large 33cm Murano Glass Bullicante Bubble "Green" Vase Element, Italy, 1970s
By Flavio Poli, Alessandro Mandruzzato
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
utilizing the bullicante technique of controlled bubbles within the glass. The main color is green, what
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Sapphire Blue Gold Flecks Bubbles Italian Art Glass Tear Water Drop Bowl
By Seguso Vetri d
Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
evenly spaced controlled bubbles throughout. The bowl is covered in gold leaf throughout, and glitters
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...
Materials
Gold Leaf
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Murano Glass Table Lamps Blue
By Barovier
Located in Smyrna, GA
rimmed controlled bubbles. Incredible pattern and detail.
The lamps stand 25 inches from tabletop to
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
$5,500 / set
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Murano Iridescent Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Murano iridescent lamps with white controlled bubbles on original bases
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hand Blown Murano Vase in Smokey Gold with Bubbles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
mesmerizing depth and texture that captures and reflects light beautifully. The controlled bubble pattern, a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Bertil Vallien Boda White Bubble Cirrus Design Sweden Art Glass Flower Vase
By Boda, Bertil Vallien
Located in Kissimmee, FL
. The white color grabs around each of the controlled bubbles, and has a clear glass foot. On the black
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Murano Barbini Gold Flecks White Bubbles Italian Art Glass Martini Compote Bowl
By Salviati, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 available as shown).
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, controlled
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$487 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Pair of 1960
s Large Murano Glass Lamps.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Large Pink Murano glass lamps with controlled bubbles.
The lamps are mounted on thick
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
$3,900 / set
Hand Blown Murano Vase in Cobalt Blue with Bubbles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
mesmerizing depth and texture that captures and reflects light beautifully. The controlled bubble pattern, a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,600 / item
Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight Blue and White Flower
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
controlled bubble in the centre with multiple small controlled bubbles.
Vintage Crystal Ball, Paperweight
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Gino Sarfatti Murano Pendant Lights, circa 1960
By Archimede Seguso, Gino Sarfatti
Located in London, GB
Midcentury pendant lights with controlled bubble glass in the in the more unusual cylindrical
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Lavender Opaline Glass Lamps
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Smyrna, GA
Vintage Opaline Murano lamps in LAVENDER with loads of controlled bubbles throughout. We've added a
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
$6,500 / item
Italian Mid-Century Art Glass Lamp Made for Marbro Lighting, Los Angeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
for Marbro Lighting, Los Angeles; the ovoid ribbed glass with controlled bubbles; with carerra marble
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass
Alfredo Barbini Murano Blue Bubbles Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Cookie Jar
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, large vintage Murano hand blown blue, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jars
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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Find many varieties of an authentic controlled bubble available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of glass, blown glass and metal, every controlled bubble was constructed with great care. Find 134 options for an antique or vintage controlled bubble now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. There are many kinds of the controlled bubble you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each controlled bubble bearing Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one controlled bubble that is appealing in its simplicity, but Murano, Fratelli Toso and Ercole Barovier produced versions that are worth a look.
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Prices for a controlled bubble start at $95 and top out at $6,400 with the average selling for $875.
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- What is controlled bubble glass?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Controlled bubble glass, also known as Bolle or Bullicante, is glass that’s embedded with bubbles. Particularly popular during the 1950s among Murano glass artists, the bubbles are typically created by rolling the molten glass on a metal surface covered in sharp spikes, poking holes that are then covered with another layer of glass, trapping air in the holes. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Controlled bubble glass pieces.
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