Sommerso Vases

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso clear over dark reddish amber / cinnamon brown Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the designer Antonio da Ros (Italian, 1936-20...

Striking Organic Modern vase was hand blown with thin layer of white glass underlying the two-toned coral glass. The coral-beige swirls were arranged in abstract, graphic pattern on light coral background, with the whole structure enclosed in clear glass in sommerso technique. Minimal shape and color palette of the piece allows the delicate, subtle flow of the pattern to take the center stage. The vase is signed and dated by the artist on the bottom. Founded in 1979 by brothers Matthew and Thomas Buechner III in Corning's Market Street District, Vitrix Hot Glass Studio is regarded among America's prominent contemporary glass studios. Thomas Buechner (1926-2010) attended Princeton University, the Art Students League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Buechner was appointed Director of the Corning Museum of Glass in 1950 after his tenure as an exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Buechner established the Museum's academic journals and curated the groundbreaking exhibition, Glass 59, that was the first to explore international works in contemporary glass. The first Director of The Corning Museum of Glass (1950-1960) and then Director of the Brooklyn Museum (1960-1971), Buechner simultaneously worked as an illustrator for the Chicago Tribune’s and the Washington Post’s “Book World”. Since then, he has been an independent artist, and a mentor to many aspiring artists in the community. As author and lecturer, Buechner is known to glass scholars, artists and collectors. He wrote the glass section for the Encyclopedia Britannica and founded both the Journal of Glass Studies and the New Glass Review. His art has been acquired by museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art. He taught in Rome and Germany, Corning and Elmira. Thomas Kelly is an established glass artist working in Vitrix Hot Glass studio in Corning, New York. He started in the glass studios of Alex Brand and Thomas Buechner where he had the opportunity to learn from two distinctly different artists, each having their own unique talents; Kelly worked for 10 years with Thomas Buechner III at Vitrix Hot Glass Studio, developing his glass working skills and aesthetic sensitivity. At Vitrix, visiting artists such as Lino Tagliapietra and Fritz Dreisbach...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue in clear glass Italian art glass flower vase. Documented to the designer Antonio da Ros (Italian, 1936-2012) for Vetreria Gin...

Beautiful large Murano hand blown opalescent blue to white Italian art glass pitcher or vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The piece is made with in the "Ombre" technique...

Sommerso Glass Vases by Kurt Wokan for Ingrid Glashütte, 1970s. Pair of Mid-Century Modern Ingrid Glas Bark vases designed by Kurt Wokan in Germany in the 1970s. Thick and heavy bar...

Made in Italy, 1960s. This vase is made in Sommerso Murano glass, which has been hand blown with three different colors: transparent, red and yellow. It is a vintage item, therefore...

Splendid Murano sommerso glass vase, most likely made between the late 1950s and the first half of the 1960s. The predominant colors are light blue, purple, and red/orange. Very good...

Rare Organic Modern glass vase features graphic abstract pattern of fused off-white glass and metallics on deep, jewel-toned, forest green background. The pattern placement accentuat...

Made in Italy, 1980s. This vase is made in Sommerso Murano glass and is signed by Hora P. It is a vintage item, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considere...