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2. Venetian glass - Wikipedia

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   Decorated bowl from Murano, c. 1870. Venetian glass ( Italian: vetro veneziano) is glassware made in Venice, typically on the island of Murano near the city. Traditionally it is made with a soda–lime "metal" and is typically elaborately decorated, with various "hot" glass-forming techniques, as well as gilding, enamel, or engraving.

3. Millefiori - Wikipedia

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   Millefiori. 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. Fenton Art Glass Company - Wikipedia

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   Vasa Murrhina is a cased glass; the name means vessel of gems. This type of glass has a long history pre dating Fenton. Frank M. Fenton had glass chemist Charles Goe develop a way to make it since the way it was made was long forgotten. The piece starts out as a ball of glass that is rolled in small pieces of broken glass called frit.

5. Alfredo Barbini - Wikipedia

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   Alfredo Barbini, a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century.His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.

6. Pauly & C. – Compagnia Venezia Murano - Wikipedia

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   Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano is one of the oldest glass factories of Murano: it was founded more than 150 years ago. The company produces glass art, [ 1] most notably Roman murrine, mosaics and chandeliers . The company was formed in 1919 by a merger of Pauly & C (founded in 1902) and the Compagnia di Venezia e Murano (founded in 1866).

7. Opaline glass - Wikipedia

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   Austrian opaline glass bowl, 1914. Opaline glass is a style of antique glassware that was produced in Europe, particularly 19th-century France. It was made by adding particular phosphates or oxides during the mixing process of the glass' processing, giving the material a quality of opalescence .