John Brekke

Murano Glass Sommerso Stem Vase amethyst in blue sommerso graceful teardrop shape attributed Flavio Poli for Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Italy unsigned circa 1960s.

A beautiful art glass Sommerso vase, attributed to the Italian designer Flavio Poli. The vase is in good condition. Beautiful colors and quality. Dimensions: 8,5 x 8,5 cm and 18 c...

Hand blown Sommerso blue and clear Italian art glass vase on Sterling Silver base. Attributed to Seguso, Italy, 1950s. This eye-catching and colorful pulled centerpiece vase stands u...

This captivating Murano art glass vase, designed by the renowned Romano Donà in the 1980s, is a stunning example of the Sommerso cased glass technique. Its rich amber and clear glass...

This large facett cut vase uses the Murano technic of Sommerso: a layer of bright yellow and one of green cover the inside of the vase in thick clear glass. Unusually big with a beau...

A beautiful art glass Sommerso vase, attributed to the Italian designer Flavio Poli. The vase is in good condition. Beautiful colors and quality. Dimensions: 4,5 x 4,5 cm and 14,5...

Midcentury Murano sommerso art glass vase by C.O.V.E.M, 1960s A heavy Murano Sommerso art glass vase manufactured by C.O.V.E.M. (Cooperativa Vetrai Muranesi) circa 1960s. Probably a design of Flavio Poli who worked with C.O.V.E.M. in the 1950s and 1960s. Manufactured in thick clear Sommerso glass...

Beautiful Italian Sommerso murano glass vase by Luigi Onesto for Oball. In beautiful vintage condition, shows some wear consistent with age in underside of vase(see detail photo). S...

A beautiful art glass Sommerso vase, attributed to the Italian designer Flavio Poli. The vase is in good condition. Beautiful colors and quality. Dimensions: 11 x 11 cm and 29 cm ...

A fantastic and rather large handblown vintage art sommerso glass vase, design and signed by the talented Gunnar Nylund and Asta Strömberg from the prestigious Strömbergshyttan Sweden. This vase has a fantastic color, a deep smokey grey or nearly black color, covered with clear crystal. The design is simple yet very much of 60s and inspiration from the space age, it is sleek, elegant and sophisticated, especially with the fantastic contrasting color. -It is 27cm (10.62") high and 8.5cm wide (3.34") and 5cm deep (1.96") at the base, in a teardrop shape and in a good condition, yet some minor abrasion underneath, and micro soot flakes yet overall a fantastic vase. The price includes free shipping. Strömberghyttan; a company which early on grasped the importance of good design when it comes to art and design glass, rendering them a leading position in mid-century modern Scandinavian design. Interior design and decoration which stood out with a distinct quality, very much due to the famous designers Gerda and Asta Strömberg. Many items with iconic design which Strömbergshyttan became famed for was often creations made by Asta Strömberg, who designed most of the glass, focusing on modern art glass and other interior design objects such as crystal vases. The company also hired the multi-talented award winning and iconic artist and designer Gunnar Nylund as well as Rune Strand...

Mid-Century Sommerso glass vase of clear, ruby and blue colors by Flavio Poli.

Sculptural Mid Century Modern teal and clear glass decorative vase was created by Carl Erickson for Erickson Glass Works. The vase has Erickson's typical heavy encased glass design, with the teal glass gather encased in clear glass in sommerso technique and the pronounced base done in clear glass with controlled bubbles. The pontil is ground. The vase is in good vintage condition with some age-appropriate signs of wear on the bottom. It is unsigned, as vast majority of Ericson piece were, and is missing its sticker, but can be clearly identified by multiple printed and online catalogues and other resources. Carl Erickson (1899-1966) worked at Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, joining his father as an apprentice and spending the next 20 years developing a high level of craftsmanship, including precision use of controlled bubbles, a technique often associated with Pairpoint, that was widely used by Erickson in his own glass designs. In the early 1930s he was employed by Libbey Glass and from 1937 - by the Blenko Glass Company. After leaving Blenko, Carl founded his own art glass studio in Bremen, Ohio in 1943. Erickson glass was hand blown, so no two pieces could be identical. Erickson made reproductions for a number of museums, including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., Old Sturbridge Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corning Museum of Glass, and the Ohio State Historical Society Museum. Many of his glass creations have been selected for display at several distinguished museums, and in 1953 a traveling...