Venetian glass
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Venetian glass 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
Murano vase, around 1600, Hermitage Museum
Decorated bowl from Murano, c. 1870
The Doge visits Murano
Carafes containing aventurine glass thread
Millefiori
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Millefiori is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware. The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words mille and fiori. Apsley Pellatt in his book C
Vase (1872) manufactured by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Co. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Roman glass cups from the necropolis of Todi, first half of the 2nd century BC
Fragments of tile from the Jawsaq al-Khaqani palace, Abbasid Samarra, Iraq, c. 836 AD
Venetian millefiori bead Murano (1850–1950)