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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 | Mirror | Rectangular, Foliate Crest, 55 X 32 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Perfume Bottle | Blue, Pink Floral Stopper, 10 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Sconce | Triangular Chrome Backplate, 13 Disks, Purple, C.1958, 17 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Shell | Raised Dotted Surface, Black Amethyst, 4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Swan | Ruby, Inverted Thumbprint Body, Gold Flecked Wings, 4 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Swizzle Stick | Horse & Jockey Motif, 8 In., 5 Piece | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | 5 Square Sections, Barovier & Toso, 1960, 13 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Blue, Green, & Gold, Triangular Form, 13 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Bottle Shape, Brown, Incised Texture, C.1960, 18 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Bud, Green, Gold Lattice & Scrolls, Floral, 8 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Colored Fish Amid Seaweed & Dragonfly, Johnolyth, 5 1/8 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Cylindrical, Horizontal Ribs, Air Bubbles, Opalescent, C.1950, 12 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Flat Ovoid, Red-cased, Archimede Seguso, Plexiglas Stand, 9 1/2 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Green, Foil Label, Signed, Murano, 12 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Latticinio Purple Design | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Murrina, Crystal, Blue & Red Triangles, Barovier & Toso, 1961, 11 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Oriente, Overlapping Layers, Silver Foil Inclusions, E. Barovier, 1940 | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Pale Amber, Carlo Scarpa, 1936, 8 1/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Pale Turquoise, Scorroso, Carlo Scarpa, 1936, 7 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Rialto Bridge Scene, Cobalt Blue, 7 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Vase | Urn Shape, White Spirals, Gold Leaf, Murano, C.1960, 18 3/4 In. | 1995 | | Glass-Venetian | Whimsy | Pink, Clear & Gold Flecks, 5 3/4 In. | 1995 |
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