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Venetian glass has been made near Venice, Italy, since the thirteenth century. Thin, colored glass with applied decoration is favored, although many other types have been made. Collectors have recently become interested in the Art Deco, fifties, and late twentieth-century designs. Glass was made on the Venetian island of Murano from 1291. The output dwindled in the late seventeenth century but began to flourish again in the 1850s. Some of the old techniques of glassmaking were revived, and firms today make traditional designs and original modern glass. Since 1981, the name Murano may only be used on glass made on Murano Island. Venetian glass is known to have vivid colors, figural shapes, and intricate designs. Other pieces of Italian glass may be found in the Glass-Contemporary and Glass-Midcentury categories of this book.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Clear, Blue Interior, Murano, c.1950, 15 x 7 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Clear, Gold Aventurine, Pedestal Foot, Vittorio Zecchen, Venini, Murano, 8 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Clear, Purple, Yellow Vertical Stripes, Scavo, Cenedese, Murano, 13 x 10 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Cranberry Overlay, 4-Fold Rim, Footed, Fired Gold, Murano, 14 x 7 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Diamond Pattern, Violet, Cobalt Blue Foot, Murano, 12 x 7 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Fan, Pale Amber, Gold Fleck, Applied Fish Handles, Ribbed Knop Stem, 8 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Fenicio Amethyst Decoration, Ercole Barovier, c.1950, 16 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Flower Form, Blue, Gold, Red, Flared, Murano, 1940s, 14 1/2 x 15 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Flower Shape, Pink, Murrhina, Trails, Fratelli Floreale, 5 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Fused, Pierced, Cinesi Shape, Murano, 13 1/4 x 9 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Fused Layers, Opaque, Translucent, Gold Leaf, 10 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Gold, A Canne, Signed, Barovier Toso, Murano, 9 1/2 x 5 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Gourd, Aubergine, White, Gold Glitter, Crosshatching, Murano, 12 x 7 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Green To Clear, Signed, Fulvio Bianconi, 1963, 10 x 6 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Hourglass Shape, Amber, Mauve, Murano, Cenedese, c.1965, 11 x 8 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Jack-In-The-Pulpit, Green, Ribs, Gold Leaf, Murano, 12 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Lavender, Red Stripe, Murano, 6 x 3 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Loose Bag Shape, Green Trails Over Bubbles, Flavio Poli, c.1940, 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Multicolored, Gilt, Abstract Design, Round Base To Square Top, Italy, 20 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Multicolored Stripes, Fulvio Bianconi, c.1950, 6 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Opal Yellow, Flared Top, Barovier Toso, Murano, 9 5/8 x 6 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Red, Silver Leaf Inclusion, Gold Draping, Fratelli Toso, 1920, 16 x 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Sculptured, Loop Shaped, Lavender, Clear Base, Signed, Seguso Livia, 12 3/4 x 13 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Serpent, Coiled Tail, Green, Gold Flecks, Napoleon Martini, 3 In. | 2010 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Silver Swirled, Scalloped Handles, Gold Foil Inclusions, Barovier, 14 x 8 In. | 2010 |
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