tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18020670.post-1129691720042375551998-05-18T20:14:00.000-07:002005-10-18T20:15:20.043-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3370/1752/1600/mbc_murano1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3370/1752/200/mbc_murano1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>If you travel to Venice to gaze at the art, ride the gondolas through the canals, and bask in the sun with an espresso at St. Mark's Square, you're going to have a great time. However, if you also take a little side trip to the island of Murano, you'll have an even better vacation. Murano Glass is known throughout the world. The glass blowers there have perfected an art seldom seen elsewhere. From the tiniest swan candy container to the largest animals and vases, you'll undoubtedly come away with a treasure. And it's treasures we're showing you here. These Murano Glass vases were blown and the flowers applied along with the 22k gold. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3370/1752/1600/mbc_murano2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3370/1752/200/mbc_murano2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>They were then filled with Gran Liquore della Certosa and corked. (The liqueur comes from a company in the suburbs of Firenze (Florence.) These bottles were then sold for a very short time in the 1970's. Others which we can look at in the future were done with silver inlay. You may be asking why show these bottles which are so difficult to obtain today. The answer is that there is much more to miniature glass liquor bottles than those found on the airlines! These Murano pieces are but four of a huge variety of beautiful glass bottles made solely for the purpose of sampling liquor!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18020670-112969172004237555?l=bottlecollecting.blogspot.com'/></div>Bottle Collecting Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15336528629945777612noreply@blogger.com0