By the late 1400s the glass blowers of Murano — named for the island to which they had been ordered because their ovens were a fire hazard among the wooden palaces of Venice — had ...

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Murano lost its dominance by the 18th century, as countries including France, England and Germany perfected their own glass industries; Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1797 takeover and dissolution of the ...

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To hear Rossi speak about glass is to understand how essential it is to the people of Murano. “When you wipe it with a cloth, it shines anew, even if it’s 30 years old,” he said.

At one time, Murano was the global leader in glassmaking, renowned for unparalleled quality, style, and innovation, including the invention of “cristallo,” clear glass. But over its 700-year ...

Gino Seguso, 70, has less reason to complain than most. His firm, Vetreria Archimede Seguso, was founded by his father in 1946, but Mr Seguso says his family have been making glass in Murano for ...

An unassuming vase picked up at a Virginia Goodwill store for $3.99 turned out to be an ultra-rare piece of Murano glass which sold at auction for $107,100 — nearly $50k more than the auction ...