Today, just like centuries ago, some very practicable objects continue to be made of Murano glass. Supporting this traditional use of Murano glass is Distilleria Bottega located in Bibano, in the famous Prosecco wine region, 25 miles north of Venice. Distilleria Bottega has been producing excellent grappas, liquors, and wines for over thirty years, and the company continues to bottle many of them in hand-blown traditionally-made Murano glass bottles. [...]
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We are on a mission to help save Venice together with our clients. At GlassOfVenice.com we are passionate about Murano glass and the city where it has been created for centuries. We do not only sell beautiful authentic Murano glass but also strive to preserve the beautiful and unique city of Venice and its global heritage for future generations. [...] I returned from Venice and realized I should have bought more Murano glass there. What can I do now?Often people that return from Venice realize that should have bought Murano glass there. Is it too late at that point? It is certainly not, since authentic Murano glass imported from Venice is available on the internet and, upon careful research, can be bought at the same prices that one would find in [...] As with many works of art, it is not always easy to determine whether a particular glass item is authentic Murano glass, and it is even harder to attribute it to a particular master. Over the centuries, there were so many trends and techniques in Murano glass that the spectrum of possibilities of what a genuine Murano glass item may look like is very wide. Yet there are signs to help you decipher the origin of the glass [...] Helping people identify authentic Murano Glass is by far the most common request among those we receive. And this does not come as a surprise to us, since so many counterfeits have flooded the market in recent years, especially with the advent of the World Wide Web. Most Murano glass lovers appreciate this glass not only for its beauty but also for its historic, artistic, and sometimes sentimental value. So understandably they want to be sure they are buying the real thing rather than some cheap imitation. Here we list the things to look for when buying a piece of Murano [...] |
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