Fine Murano
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 Fine Vintage Italian Murano Cranberry Gold EWER Pitcher  US $59.50
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 Murano Art Glass Free Form SCULPTURE Interesting Design Fine for Display US $59.95
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 SALE MURANO BULLICANTE BARBINI ASHTRAYRobin Egg BlueFine Gold Infusions6 US $119.00
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 SEGUSO MURANO SHELL DISH Fine Gold with STRIPES US $49.99
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 Vintage Murano Solid Glass BUNCH of GRAPES w Lots of Fine GOLD US $69.99
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 Vintage Murano Solid Glass LEMON w Lots of Fine GOLD Sticker US $59.99
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 Very Fine Mid Century Modern Murano Murines Frosted Glass Vase ca 1950s US $280.00
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 Exquisite MURANO Rare BASKET Bowl GOLD Silver BUBBLES Leaves FINE Vintage GLASS US $449.00 |
 FINE MURANO GLASS ART DECO DANCE FIGURINES GOLD FLECKS US $379.00
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 MURANO Glass Small Heavy Rib Leaf DISH Lots of Fine Gold US $29.99
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 MURANO Glass Small Controlled Bubble DISH or Ashtray Lots of Fine Gold US $16.99
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 MURANO Glass Small LEAF DISH Lots of Fine Gold US $24.99
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 Seguso MURANO SHELL DISH Lots of Fine Gold Throughout US $49.99
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 INTENSELY Fascinating MURANO Galliano FERRO Fine Glass BOWL with Original LABEL US $480.00 |
 Fine Murano Controlled Bubble 2pc Smoke Set Lighter Gold Flecks Venetian Old US $54.99
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 Fine Pair Murano Venetian Art Glass A Cane Filigrana Goldstone Shoes US $99.98
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 MURANO Glass VASE Intensely FINE Old GOLD DUST Rigaree RIBBED Incredibly LOVELY US $1,100.00 |
 Fine ARCHIMEDE SEGUSO Murano ALABASTRO Big Glass SEASHELL Bowl SCULPTURE Vintage US $790.00 |
 Fine Vintage Murano Purple Swirl Art Glass Bowl c 1960 US $115.00
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 VINTAGE FINE ITALIAN MURANO ART GLASS MOUTH BLOWN VASE US $100.00
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 1950 Antique Vase of murano Glass Fine Exquisite Blue and white Beautiful UNIQUE US $85.00
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 OLD murano art glass comma bowl bullicante FINE US $260.00
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 Vintage Murano Italy Glass Fine MURANO Paperweight Ornate Lampwork 3 Nice US $49.99
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 RARE Battuto MURANO SET Incredible VINTAGE 6 Fine MATCHING Hand Crafted GLASSES US $990.00 |
 MILLEFIORI Exquisite MURANO Paperweight FINE Zanfirico RETORTOLI Vintage GLASS US $299.00 |
 MURANO Bird SCULPTURE Sommerso VENETIAN Fine GLASS Vintage RICH Red AMBER Colors US $280.00 |
 GAMBARO POGGI MURANO ITALY Fine Art Glass Paperweight Figurine Bunny Rabbit US $199.99
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 Unique Vintage Murano Art Glass Candy assorted Fine Eames Era Murano candies lot US $14.95
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 Murano ART GLASS CLOWN Seguso Factory Italy 1st Quality Fine cpre 2000 US $59.95
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 Fine MURANO Glass PAPERWEIGHT Bubbles EXQUISITE Lampwork FLOWERS Venetian BEAUTY US $320.00 |
 HEAVY MURANO BULLICANTE BARBINI ASHTRAYSky Blue w Fine Gold Infusions 5 3 4 in US $89.99
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 2 Vintage Italian Murano Glass Vases Blue Iridescent with Applied Flowers FINE US $189.98
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 Murano Glass Venetian 800 Fine Silver Place Card Holder CLOWN Italian Italy US $235.00
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 FINE HAND MADE MURANO BIRD DISH w ORIGINAL TAG c1960 US $35.00
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 10 1 8 INCH MURANO ITALY VENETIAN CLOWN WITH FINE HAIR FIGURE US $47.75
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 Fine Crystal Glass Marked MURANO ARTE Couple Lovers Valentine Figurine Italy VGC US $9.99
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 Fine Vintage Small Murano Latticino Glass Basket Blue and White Stripes US $34.99
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The story of Murano Glass - From inferno to the world museums
A trip through Italy is all about beauty, art and history. Everywhere you turn, there is an ancient villa, or a ruin of a palace, or a thousand years old orchard. There is light like nowhere else in the world, and smiling people, music, wine and food.
It is the history that mostly captivates the imagination of people form the New World when they visit Italy. Walking through two thousand years old streets boggles the imagination. Getting married in an eight hundred years old palace is something that becomes a part of family lore. Everywhere you look, there is a story of the past. Sometimes glorious, often violent, but always human, and never forgotten.
Visiting Murano is, just like visiting Venice, a must. For many people, Venice is Italy: ancient glorious palaces, sleek gondolas slowly gliding through canals, old churches still working after more than half of century since they were built.
If Venice is Italy, Murano is glass. This beautiful old island city is immersed in the history of glass, and its ancient palaces hide among them equally old glass workshops, which still function the same way they worked eight hundred years ago when they were built. There is something incongruous about this mix of romantic Gothic architecture interspersed with a touch of industry, regardless how old. But, that mix is the story of Murano and Murano Glass.
Enormous furnaces reach temperature of 2700 °F and transform piles of fine, white sand into liquid gold, or a rainbow of colors, ready to be shaped by the skilled hands of glassmakers.
You have to visit one of these glassmaking workshops to understand the magic of glass. The picture is straight from Dante's Inferno. Horrendous heat forms beads of sweat on the faces of glassmakers, and globs of fiery, not entirely liquid, glass in their hands quickly transforms into objects of unbelievable beauty. They blow their pipes into the globs of glass, turn it and shape it, until they are satisfied and the shape is exactly as it was in their imagination.
There is no way around it, making glass is an art that requires very special people. Murano has been passing this passion for glass for more than eight hundred years, from one family member to another. There were times when it was forbidden to leave Murano, in order to preserve the secret of Murano glass. The secrets made Murano famous all over the world, they made it the center of glass art highly appreciated among the rich and powerful. Murano glass was too precious and too expensive to fall into hands of ordinary people.
Murano produced some object of breathtaking beauty from its furnaces. They decorate museums, palaces and homes of royal families, famous hotels, homes of rich and famous.
Today, Murano glass is accessible to the rest of the world. Small pieces of art, or jewelry, find their way from Murano furnaces to the shops all over the world, and to the hearts of those who appreciate the beauty of glass and the magic of transformation from the pile of sand to the piece of art.
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