{"product_id":"rare-verre-eglomise-portasigari-by-erwin-burger-for-fontana-arte-circa-1940","title":"Rare 'Verre Églomisé' Portasigari by Erwin Burger for Fontana Arte, circa 1940","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis exceptional collector’s piece is a sublime example of Italian Mid-Century mastery, produced by the prestigious \u003cspan class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003ca class=\"H23r4e\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDhAC\" href=\"https:\/\/rewirela.com\/brand\/fontana-arte\/?srsltid=AfmBOorbSotDvJzMO2xau3XUIXdGGKmT1OmQHZa9lzVGYlQk3QVxBSxA\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);' target=\"_blank\"\u003eFontana Arte\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/rewirela.com\/brand\/fontana-arte\/?srsltid\\u003dAfmBOorbSotDvJzMO2xau3XUIXdGGKmT1OmQHZa9lzVGYlQk3QVxBSxA\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;Fontana Arte | rewire\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;The story of FontanaArte and its natural relationship with glass and light coincides with the birth and growth of Italian design, pioneered by Gio Ponti and his instinctive promotion of a new cultural unity in the industrial age. FontanaArte took form in 1932 as a way to nurture the imagination and inventiveness of new generations of architects, artists, and decorators with the material qualities and plasticity of glass. It was a period characterised by the recognition of industrial production as one of “the infinite possibilities of artistic expression”, especially in Milan.\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q\\u003dtbn:ANd9GcT4O4Ia0bElK5ZTcD21II4Zra00EnY_AWjwYtzV_N5ZLwo2K-UpJ0uMWS8zfkNkY_vEkYGHJ2CHfCfTsRI\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;Rewire Gallery\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/rewirela.com\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d128\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL\u0026quot;,[[1782404959388841,134054838,3238257472],null,null,null,null,[[0,13]]],null,\u0026quot;11f7c229-d0c6-4cee-a3c1-aee0225feb00\u0026quot;]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in Milan during the \u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eearly 1940s\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Created under the artistic direction of Pietro Chiesa by legendary master glass cutter \u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eErwin Burger\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, this exclusive \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eportasigari\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (cigar box) reflects an era when glass was treated like a precious gem. The undeniable centerpiece is its thick, heavy lid of hand-cut crystal glass. 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