Of course, like sand, the main component of glass, such expertise was impossible to fully contain. Murano lost its dominance by the 18th century, as countries including France, England and Germany ...

Fine-art, blown Murano glass sucked up a lot of the island’s reputation among Grand Tour visitors, but Murano’s glass beads must not be ignored. ... Fish and Eel Vase (ca. 1890).

You likely will see a large, dazzling, one-of-a-kind light fixture, every piece of glass mouth-blown on the Venetian island of Murano, just as it has been done for more than 700 years.

At the third edition of the Venice Glass Week, which opened this weekend, more than 180 initiatives were planned to celebrate Venice’s most famous craft, which was first conceived in the ...