About Be First Boldly
Be First Boldly focuses on the most unique, beautiful vintage objects of art available at affordable prices: Vintage bronze sculpture, vintage murano glass, other art glass, and 2d artworks as well. While we tend to prefer Mid-Century Modern, we are always on the lookout for contemporary, antique, and other vintage works as well. Our goal is finding the most interesting objects possible for those with the most interesting tastes. Be First Boldly Delightful Objects for Distinctive People BeFirstBoldly.com
Be First Boldly
Established in 20201stDibs seller since 2023
Featured Pieces
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bollicine Bowl/Ashtray, Sky Blue
White, Seguso
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bollicine Bowl/Ashtray, Sky Blue
White, by Seguso or Barovier and Toso
Sky blue encased in white, hand blown with generous bollicine (often conf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Seguso Murano Glass Lenti Bowl, Raspberry Pink Sommerso
Gold Polveri
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Seguso Murano Glass Lenti Bowl, Raspberry Pink Sommerso
Gold Polveri
This graceful 'lenti' work is an iconic Archimede Seguso design representing some of the best of mid-centur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Giant Clam Shell (Tridacna Gigas?)
Located in Warrenton, OR
Large Giant Clam Shell (Tridacna Gigas?) The species is our best guess; we are not clam species experts. This piece has many pronounced layers as shown in the photos and deep ridges ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Shell, Organic Material
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl / Dish with Gold, Large, Rare / Hard to Find
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl / Dish with Gold, Large, Rare / Hard to Find.
This is a really gorgeous piece with plenty of gold leaf/gold polveri in a chocolate and white glass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold
Murano Glass Bowl, Alfredo Barbini or Seguso, Aqua Green
Yellow
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bowl, Alfredo Barbini or Seguso, Aqua Green
Yellow.
We believe this to be by Barbini although Seguso and Poli also made these. It is is good vintage condition. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Glass Lenti Bowl with Blue Swirl and Gold Polveri, by Fratelli Toso
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Lenti Bowl with Blue Swirl and Gold Polveri, by Fratelli Toso
This vintage Murano glass work of art by Fratelli Toso (of Barovier
Toso) i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
1950s Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl Gold Leaf/Polveri Green
Pink
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Pink
Green 1950s Archimede Seguso Murano Glass Bowl with Gold Leaf/Polveri
This rare, mid-century modern biomorphic bowl by Seguso is in very nice vintage condition, having no...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Bowl with Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, by Barovier and Toso
By Barovier&Toso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Red and Gold Murano Glass Bowl with Gold Polveri / Gold Leaf, by Barovier and Toso
(See last photo also for a 1955 newspaper ad that depicts what appears to be this item.)
This gorg...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Bowl, Cased Glass with Bullicante, by Seguso
By Seguso
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bowl, Cased Glass with Bullicante, by Seguso (suspected). This is a beautiful piece of cased Murano glass, clear over bright white over a saturated deep pinkish interior...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Black with a Pentoni
Gold Polveri
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Murano Glass Bowl/Ashtray, Black with a Pentoni
Gold Polveri. RARE.
This rare and significant Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass piece has been documented as a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Glass Bowl w/Bullicante, Gold Polveri, Original Label Pustetto
Zanetti
By Licio Zanetti
Located in Warrenton, OR
Murano Glass Bowl w/Bullicante, Gold Polveri, Original Label Pustetto
Zanetti
Pustetto and Zanetti Murano Glass Bowl with Bullicante, Gold Polveri, Remains of the original Pus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Gold Leaf
Alfredo Barbini Orange in White Murano Cased Glass Bowl Shell Motif - Rare
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Warrenton, OR
Alfredo Barbini Orange in White Murano Cased Glass Bowl, Shell Motif - Rare
This absolutely stunning, mid-century modern Murano glass piece by maest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
