It looks different every time you walk past it. A trefoil bowl in iridescent glass, made by Barbini of Murano in the 1950s or ‘60s. The rim shifts between teal, purple, pearl, and soft pink depending on the light and the hour. It is not trying to match anything. It doesn’t need to.
Alfredo Barbini was one of the great maestros of mid-century Murano — the kind of maker whose name on a label means something. This one has the original label intact on the base.
Put it on a shelf it can own. A windowsill. A dark corner that needs one thing. It will do the rest. Original Barbini label intact.
