Barovier & Toso murano glass bowl, dimensions: diameter 13.5 cm, height 6.5 cm.

The company is one of the oldest family businesses in the world, founded in 1295 as Barovier. It is believed that the company originated in Treviso, but the company's headquarters are in the Palazzo Contarini base in Murano, Italy. The Toso family had been founded in Murano around 1350. It wasn't until 1936 that the Barovier family merged with the Toso Fratelli Toso Glashütte family to form Barovier & Toso, specializing in crystal glass, mother-of-pearl glass and gold-free cornelian red glass.

The current president of the company is Giovanni Toso.