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2. Paperweight - Wikipedia

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   A glass paperweight commemorating the closure of the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital (2002). A paperweight is a small solid object heavy enough, when placed on top of papers, to keep them from blowing away in a breeze or from moving under the strokes of a painting brush (as with Chinese calligraphy).

3. Millefiori - Wikipedia

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   Vase (1872) manufactured by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. (Victoria and Albert Museum) Millefiori (Italian: [ˌmilleˈfjoːri]) is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words "mille" (thousand) and "fiori" (flowers). [1]

4. Wallace Nutting - Wikipedia

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   These were traditional pictures of femininity, usually pictured indoors in front of a chest, chair, or looking glass. [3] His prints sold from $1.25 to $20. [3] Nutting authored several books about the scenic beauties of New England, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. In the peak of his business he employed about two-hundred colorists. By his own ...

5. Caithness Glass - Wikipedia

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   Caithness Glass is a Scottish artistic glassware manufacturing company. It was established in Wick, Caithness , Scotland in 1961 by Robin Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso . It was rescued [ citation needed ] by George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie in 1966.

6. Studio glass - Wikipedia

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   Handmade studio glass using complex techniques to achieve highly detailed patterns through murrine or caneworking, by American artist David Patchen. Studio glass is the modern use of glass as an artistic medium to produce sculptures or three-dimensional artworks in the fine arts. The glass objects created are intended to make a sculptural or ...

7. Venetian glass - Wikipedia

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   The Bohemian and Prussian-style glass was later modified by the addition of lime and chalk. This new glass is attributed to Bohemian glassmaker Michael Müller in 1683. [58] It had a tendency to crizzle at first, but the problem had been solved by 1714. [59] The Bohemian glass was not suitable to the Murano-style artwork on the glass.