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G585 MILANO MARTINI
PITCHER
The Milano Collection is
a line of mouth blown and hand-decorated crystal, produced in
the European country of Romania. Each piece is created one at
a time, in several stages. Each glass is a piece of art created by a worker best
described as an artisan. Glass blowing is the art of creating an object from
molten glass by blowing air into it utilizing a tube. The glass
in the oven takes days to melt (the oven is never turned off).
The blower collects molten glass onto the tip of his blow rod,
being careful to accumulate just the right amount for the piece
to be blown. A skilled craftsman blows each ware in our collection
into the proper shape by mouth. When the shape, size, and thickness
of the glass is just right, the piece is taken out and allowed
to cool. To apply
the intricate cobalt glass pattern, one craftsman rotates the
piece on its axis while another dabs a rod into molten cobalt
and spins a thin strand of the material onto the piece. After
the glass is cooled, other craftsmen paint the vivid colors within
the pattern using different colored luster and real gold. One
last firing ensures that the color will last a long, long time.
This exquisite martini pitcher stands 11½ inches high
and holds 6 cups. |
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