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Murano Red and Gold Bullicante Glass Bowl by Barovier
Toso, Italy, 1980s
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Glasgow, GB
tones.
Blown using the Bullicante method, the clear glass exterior is embedded with controlled air
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
$439 Sale Price
28% Off
Rare Alfredo Barbini VAMSA Toucan Bird Sfumato Sommerso Murano Glass Sculpture
By V.A.M.S.A., Alfredo Barbini
Located in Palm Beach, FL
sfumato technique using thousands of tiny controlled air bubbles meticulously suspended between a layer of
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Smoked Glass
Larger Murano Style Pale Amber Bullicante Rose Bowl, Circa 1960
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Bainbridge, NY
. Featuring a round hand blown, controlled lobed bubble glass, with 4D opening, 4D base and smooth pontil mark
Category
Vintage 1960s European Hollywood Regency Vases
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Crimson Murano Glass Drop Form Bowl W/ Bullicante Detail
Located in New York, NY
detailing, a technique that incorporates controlled air bubbles into the glass, adding texture and visual
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid Century Italian Pulegoso Globe-Shaped Ceiling Light
Located in Westport, CT
with controlled tiny bubbles) creating a shimmery illumination impossible to recreate today.
Shown
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Blown Glass
Early Hiroshi Yamano Art Glass Sculpture or Paperweight, 1988
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Early Art Glass sculpture by Hiroshi Yamano features a grouping of raising controlled air bubbles
Category
Vintage 1980s American Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Italian Murano Art Glass Transparent Vase by Barovier, Bullicante Model, 1950s
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
technique called “bullicante,” which involves creating controlled air bubbles within the thick glass. These
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
$780 Sale Price
56% Off
Barovier Vase in Blue Murano Glass with Gold Inclusions and Clear Side Fins
By Barovier
Located in Troy, MI
inclusions. Body of vessel is saturated blue with controlled interior bubbles and gold inclusions. Vase is 12
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Galliano Ferro Murano Blue Clear Bullicante Art Glass Geode Bowl / Ashtray
By Galliano Ferro
Located in Barcelona, ES
controlled air bubbles and an eye-catching blue color cased in clear glass.
Beautiful displayed alone or as
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Judith Via Wolff Dichroic Paperweight, Glows in UV, New York Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
with metallic pigments, raising from the bottom and forming a mountain-like shape. Controlled air
Category
Late 20th Century American Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Art Deco Six Light Chandelier Attr. Barovier
Toso, Murano, Italy ca. 1930
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Merida, Yucatan
some controlled air bubble decoration.
Manufactured between 1920 and 1940 in the island of Murano Italy
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Collection Of Three Colorful Luxury Glass Inkwells
Located in Bridgeport, CT
hinged lid, brass collar, controlled air bubbles. Unmarked. Heavy piece with thick walled glass
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Large Venetian Green Murano Glass Mid Century Modern Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
the consistent use of controlled air bubbles and aventurine inclusions within the glass. The gold dust
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Italian Murano Art Glass Emerald Green Vase, Bullicante Model, 1960s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Bullicante technique. The Bullicante method, which involves the inclusion of controlled air bubbles within
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Hand Blown Art Glass Trout Fish Lucio Zanetti
Located in Toledo, OH
Hand blown Murano art glass trout fish sculpture. Colorless glass with controlled air bubbles
Category
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Gilbert Johnson Veiled Glass Sculpture or Paperweight, Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
internal design. Controlled air bubbles, that are dispersed inside the glass, create an illusion of
Category
1990s American Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Archimede Seguso Murano Bullicante Black
Clear Art Glass Bowl or Ashtray
By Archimede Seguso, Seguso Vetri d
Arte
Located in Barcelona, ES
and controlled air bubbles. The black inclusions and the air bubbles are distributed as ribbons
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$904 Sale Price
20% Off
Vitrix Hot Glass Studio Large Sculpture or Paperweight, New York Art Glass
By Thomas Kelly
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
controlled air bubble in the center add complexity and visual interest to otherwise minimal piece.
The
Category
Early 2000s American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Modernist Barovier
Toso Style Fluted Murano Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Buffalo, NY
A lovely vintage Murano lamp of clear ribbed glass with controlled "bullicante" bubbles and gold
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Barbini Murano Seafoam Green Glass Table Lamp
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Palm Springs, CA
has vertical ribs with controlled gold bubbles throughout, resting on an antiqued giltwood base. Newly
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Blown Glass
Seguso Murano Pink Opal White Heart Shaped Art Glass Bowl
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
technique and controlled air bubbles.
Use it as rings bowl, ashtray or display it as decorative bowl alone
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$851 Sale Price
20% Off
Galliano Ferro Murano Yellow Amber Bullicante Glass Bowl / Ashtray
By Galliano Ferro
Located in Barcelona, ES
hundreds of controlled air bubbles and an eye-catching acid / neon yellow color with a central circle in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Seguso Murano Sommerso Bullicante Blue Glass Bowl / Ashtray
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Barcelona, ES
into clear glass using the Sommerso technique. It is nicely decored by inner controlled air bubbles
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Gold Leaf
$737 Sale Price
20% Off
Bohemian Hand Painted and Enamelled Glass Vase Depicting a Fox Hunting Scene
Located in Central England, GB
. It is hand blown in apple green thick glass which has been skilfully filled with controlled air
Category
Vintage 1920s Czech Bohemian Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Midcentury Italian Murano Art Glass Fazzoletto Vase
By Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Barcelona, ES
octopus skin. It has controlled air bubbles and applied murrina glass drops at the exterior part. A highly
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
$947 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Three Brass Pineapples Ice Bucket or Trinket Boxes, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
. The smallest one is not a box but has a neat crystal body with controlled air bubbles and solid brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century Barovier e Toso Fluted Murano Lamp
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely vintage Murano lamp of clear ribbed glass with controlled "bullicante" bubbles and gold
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
$1,450 Sale Price
50% Off
20th Century Murano Bullicante / Gold Infused Rose Color Glass Centerpiece Vase
By Giampaolo Nason
Located in Tarry Town, NY
shimmering gold accents. The intricate bullicante technique, characterized by controlled air bubbles within
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Bullicante / Gold Infused Rose Colored Glass Tableware Centerpiece Bowl
By Giampaolo Nason
Located in Tarry Town, NY
gold accents. The intricate bullicante technique, characterized by controlled air bubbles within the
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Glass
Materials
Gold
Murano White and Silver Inclusions Glass Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
controlled bubbles on custom acrylic base. Rewired with new three way socket and cord.
Measures: Height top
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Murano Italian Gold and Clear Controlled Bubbles Ribbed Glass Table Lamp
Located in Palm Springs, CA
and heavy with controlled bubbles, and is mounted on new custom giltwood base. Newly wired for US with
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Light Pink Murano Glass Ashtray by Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Stamford, CT
Large midcentury Murano glass ashtray by Barbini. Light pink with all-over bullicante (controlled
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Decorative Bowls
Materials
Blown Glass
Georgous Big Dolphin and Fish Sea Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweight
By Arte Nuova Murano
Located in Nuernberg, DE
fishes with a Coral Reef inside, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are a blue, yellow and clear. A
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Barovier Toso Murano Pink Gold Flecks Art Glass Bowl with Air Bubbles
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Barcelona, ES
hundreds of controlled air bubbles and folded design.
Lovely to be used as jewelry bowl, ashtray
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
Kosta Boda Controlled Bubble Vase
By Kosta Boda
Located in Vancouver, BC
Red controlled bubble vase signed Kosta.
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Venini Vase with Controlled Bubbles
By Venini, Paolo Venini
Located in Toronto, ON
Ruby glass vase with controlled bubbles attributed to Paolo Venini for Venini, circa 1940. Three
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Large Murano Sommerso Vase with Controlled Bubbles
By Murano 5
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
1970s Large Murano Sommerso vase with controlled bubbles.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Murano Glass Somerso Faceted with Controlled Bubbles Vase
By Flavio Poli
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful vintage murano glass somerso faceted vase with controlled bubbles, blue and green
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Murano Glass
Large Murano Glass Ball Paperweight Controlled Bubbles
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful large murano glass clear ball paperweight with controlled bubbles, original sticker
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco Abstract Sculpture with Controlled Bubbles
By Arte e Decoracoes Fantozzi Ltd.
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful vitange Art Deco abstract sculpture, emerald green and amber base with controlled bubbles
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Murano Glass Uranium Bird with Controlled Bubbles
By Galliano Ferro
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful Murano glass uranium bird in blue and uranium green with controlled bubbles by Galliano
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Uranium Glass
Murano Bowl in Vibrant Gold Controlled Bubble Glass
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Vibrant gold Murano bowl with controlled bubbles.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Curvaceous White Opaline Murano Lampwith Controlled Bubbles
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Little Rock, AR
Stunning creamy WHITE OPALINE with controlled bubbles. The two pieces of glass are separated by a
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Large Murano Free-Form Bowl with Controlled Bubbles
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large Murano bowl with a controlled bubble design. The color is unusual, in the light, it
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Abstract Paperweight Controlled Bubbles and Gold Leaf
By Arte Nuova Murano
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful vitange murano glass abstract paperweight, beautiful controlled bubbles and gold leaf
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Opaline Sconces with Controlled Bubbles and Inverted Teardrop Finials
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of Murano opaline sconces with controlled bubbles and inverted teardrop finials, circa 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
Ercole Barovier Art Glass Controlled Bubble Iridescent Vase, circa 1940
By Ercole Barovier
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Ercole Barovier Art Glass Controlled Bubble Iridescent vase, circa 1940
Ercole Barovier purple
Category
20th Century Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Middle of Century Murano Glass Large centerpiece with Controlled Bubbles
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful middle of century murano glass large centerpiece with controlled bubbles by Fratelli Toso
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Murano Vases in Gold with Controlled Bubbles
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
2 controlled bubble murano vases in gold, circa 1950s. Vases vary slightly in size. Measurements
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Murano Table Lamps Green and Controlled Bubbles
Located in Little Rock, AR
sculptural Murano lamps are loaded with large, controlled bubbles. We show these with bases of acrylic and
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Lilac Opaline Murano Lamps with Controlled Bubbles by Barbini
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Little Rock, AR
These opaline Murano lamps are absolutely gorgeous in LILAC. There are tons of controlled bubbles
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Brass and Controlled Bubble Glass Teardrop Flush Mount Chandelier
Located in Hem, NL
Italian flush mount chandelier with large thick glass handblown teardrops with controlled bubbles
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Large Gold Fleck and Controlled Bubble Art Glass Vase by Ercole Barovier
By Ercole Barovier
Located in Pasadena, CA
Large gold fleck and controlled bubble art glass vase by Ercole Barovier, circa 1960. Controlled
Category
Vintage 1960s European Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Murano Table Lamps of Aubergine with Controlled Bubbles
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Little Rock, AR
sculptural Murano lamps are loaded with large, controlled bubbles. We show these with bases of acrylic and
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Barbini Murano White and Gold Controlled Bubble Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
control bubbles by Barbini in a rare and elegant shape. Newly wired for US on custom acrylic base, brass
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl with Controlled Bubbles and Gold Leaf
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Grantham, GB
Beautiful middle of century murano glass bowl, red and clear, controlled bubbles and gold leaf by
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
1950s Seguso Murano Glass Gold Dusted Kidney Shaped Bowl with Controlled Bubbles
By Archimede Seguso
Located in North Miami, FL
1950s hand blown Seguso clear Murano glass kidney shaped dish with controlled bubble pattern
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Gold
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Controlled Bubble For Sale on 1stDibs
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.
How Much is a Controlled Bubble?
Prices for a controlled bubble start at $95 and top out at $6,400 with the average selling for $875.
Questions About Controlled Bubble
- 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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