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Glassware of Italian origin has a long and interesting history. Fable has it that glassmaking originated in romantic Italy in the pre-Roman period when some sailors built a large fire by the sea and made the discovery that the superheated sand turned into glass.
As long ago as 450 AD, the manufacturing of glassware from Italy might have started in Venice in Italy.
Through the time of the famous Constantine, Italian glass items were an established guild with professional codes in addition to education via guided teachings. Some of the particular techniques of Italian glassware manufacture, including enameling, gilding, and filigrana had by that time been formulated.
Fathers passed down to their sons the methods and glass recipes by way of family cookbooks. For hundreds of years the formulas have been fine-tuned and several additions have been made.
The Making of Glass Relocated to Murano
During Constantine’s rule Venice was the main place of Italian glassware manufacture and innovation. During the latter part of the 13th century, a decree was issued that forbid the opening of new glass manufacturing facilities inside the city itself due to the scores of fires started by glasshouses. Italian glassware manufacture moved to Murano, an island of Venice, and glassmaking is still prevalent in Murano to this day.
Different manufacturers began to enter the fray after the industry had been ruled by Italian glassware manufacturing through the Renaissance as well as deep into the 17th century.
The beauty and delicacy of Italian glassware was as much acclaimed and celebrated during those times as it is today.
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