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What are the characteristics of Murano glass?

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What are the characteristics of Murano glass?
Murano glass, from the Venetian island of Murano, is world-renowned for excellent craftsmanship and a wide variety of colors and decorations. The glassmakers of Murano use methods honed over centuries to create rich colors and designs by mixing different minerals during the process. Many examples contain gold and silver flecks inside the glass. You’ll find a collection of authentic Murano glass from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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1990s Vintage Italian Vivid Green Murano Glass Small Cactus Plant in Gold Pot
By Formia Murano
Located in New York, NY
1990s Italian highly collectible Venetian glass cactus of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, with modern Minimalist design blown by Formia, in a lifelike organic modern...
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1990s Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens

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Gold

Formia 1990s Vintage Italian Green Murano Glass Cactus Plant with White Flower
By Formia Murano
Located in New York, NY
1990 Italian highly collectible glass cactus plant of limited edition, entirely handcrafted in Murano, signed Formia, with modern Minimalist design, in a lifelike organic Modernist shape in overlaid moss green Murano glass highlighted with prickles in relief, and decorated with a white glass flower...
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1990s Italian Organic Modern Natural Specimens

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Gold

Formia 1980s Modern Italian Comic Ivory Glass Head Sculpture with Red Lips
By Formia Murano
Located in New York, NY
One 1980s, modernist dynamic, comic mouth blown head sculpture in colored Murano glass, in ivory milk white, the face with blue eyes and red lips. This production has been very limit...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Formia Green Murano Art Glass Vase in the manner of Hilton McConnico
By Hilton McConnico, Formia Murano
Located in Miami, FL
A unique organic modern art glass vase in the manner of designs by Hilton McConnico, blown in the 1990s, that was presumably part of an exclusive collection of unique pieces designed...
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20th Century Italian Modern Vases

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Murano Glass

Murano Black Clear Duck Sculpture Art Glass Paperweight with Silver Flecks
By Formia Murano
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Murano glass duck figure / paperweight / sculpture. Manufactured by Formia Murano, Italy, 1960s. Black glass and clear glass richly decorated by silver flecks thorough. ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Silver Leaf

1950's Murano Bubble Glass Apple Paperweight Decorative sculpture
By Formia Murano
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Italian Murano bubble grass red apple with green stem in excellent condition , no chips or cracks.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Blown Glass

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