murano blown glass the golden age

Venice and the golden age of blown glass

The city of Venice is renowned for its rich history and culture, and one of its most notable contributions is the golden age of the blown glass. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Venet...

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The Roman Empire and the art of blown glass

The Roman Empire and the art of blown glass

The origins of blown glass are somewhat unclear, but it is believed to have been developed in the Syro Palestinian region during the 1st century BC. The Roman Empire quickly adopted this new techn...

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Glassblowing and science during the centuries

The property of glass is its chemical neutrality, ideal for the preparation of medicines and cosmetics or the long conservation of liquids with medicinal virtues: collyrium, ointments, balm. Pli...

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Crystal - definition, invention, and evolution

Crystal is defined as clear glass.Two main techniques for obtaining it have evolved over the centuries: "Cristallino" glass, obtained by Angelo Barovier in Venice in 1455. Lead crystal was made a...

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VETRO ARTISTICO MURANO: A NEW LABEL

VETRO ARTISTICO MURANO: A NEW LABEL

here is a new system of protection for Murano glass: a few days ago in Venice, the Promovetro consortium introduced the new Vetro Artistico® Murano brand. It will allow anyone who buys an artwork...

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Masters and Brands Signatures

Masters and Brands Signatures

Until the first half of the 70s, Murano glass producers were not accustomed to signing the objects they produced. One of the exceptions was the Compagnia di Venezia and Murano - Pauly & C ....

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Coffee, tea, chocolate: the best places in Venice

Coffee, tea, chocolate: the best places in Venice

If you say Venice and cafè in the same sentence, chances are the next word you’re thinking of is Florian. Or even Quadri. The two cafès, sitting one facing the other in Piazza San Marco, are like i...

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How to Build Long-Term Customer Loyalty with Gift-Giving

How to Build Long-Term Customer Loyalty with Gift-Giving

Loyalty is a process, not a product Are you planning to strengthen your relationship with your customers? If so, by reading this article we willl try to help you find some tr...

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How to Strengthen Important Relationships with Corporate Gifts

How to Strengthen Important Relationships with Corporate Gifts

When talking about corporate gifts our mind immediately goes to an object to purchase. We suggest you to adopt a tactical approach when planning a retention marketing strategy. Here’s som...

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How to communicate the spirit of your company with Corporate Gifts

How to communicate the spirit of your company with Corporate Gifts

Offering a quality workspace or giving monetary incentives is not enough: to keep close to you your best collaborators, a concrete possibility is to offer small corporates gifts as a reco...

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Unique Wedding Gifts ideas that fits with all budgets

Unique Wedding Gifts ideas that fits with all budgets

Certainly that be invited to a wedding is a great honor. The idea of having fun, dress up, eat well and dance is always seducing meanwhile when it comes to the wedding gift the age-old questio...

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The Murano Glass Aquarium World

The Murano Glass Aquarium World

Have you ever wanted an aquarium, with lots of tropical fishes in your livingroom? Just to adorn a corner of the room, reproducing a small piece of nature on a fine piece of forniture.Well, having ...

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Service of authentification at the muranoglass.com

Service of authentification at the muranoglass.com

Our site exists since 1997. In all these years we have been contacted by hundreds of users from all over the world who wanted to have our opinion on the authenticity of all kinds of glass objects....

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