Mosaic Glassware: Old kitchen units have been given a lick of bright green paint to totally change their feel and bring them right up-to-date, and the strong green is picked up in the Mosaic Glassware worktop. Here, sparkly tiles in white, red, blue and green add bright colour without being overbearing. Brightly painted china and jewel-bright glassware add to the mix, creating a thoroughly energizing space.
All of the nations of antiquity produced useful and ornamental types of glassware in the forms of bottles, flasks, vases, cups, and oil and perfume containers. Many of these examples have through age or long burial attained an iridescence of great beauty, and they are highly prized by collectors.
Venetian glass. Venice has been known for its glass production since the Middle Ages. During the high period of the Renaissance and thereafter, Venice was acclaimed by the whole world for the high quality of its glassware, which included ornamental as well as useful pieces, mirrors, and beads. The major portion of Venetian glass was made in Murano, a suburb of Venice, where glassware of fine quality is still produced, and although other localities in Italy had glass furnaces, their products are all called Venetian. |