. Glass. FLOWER-VASE OF COLOURLESS i .LASS WITH THREADING AND STUDS VENETIAN GLASS—CRISTALLO spheric influence, as is not unfrequently the case withglasses that have been long exposed to our damp Englishclimate. There is little change or development to be observedin the glass of this character made at Murano during thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries, nor is it always safeto regard contorted shapes and elaborate decorationsas necessarily a sign of a late origin. This caution isconfirmed by an often quoted passage from Sabellico,the learned librarian of St. Marks and historian ofVenic

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. Glass. FLOWER-VASE OF COLOURLESS i .LASS WITH THREADING AND STUDS VENETIAN GLASS—CRISTALLO spheric influence, as is not unfrequently the case withglasses that have been long exposed to our damp Englishclimate. There is little change or development to be observedin the glass of this character made at Murano during thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries, nor is it always safeto regard contorted shapes and elaborate decorationsas necessarily a sign of a late origin. This caution isconfirmed by an often quoted passage from Sabellico,the learned librarian of St. Marks and historian ofVenice; it is from a Latin work, De Situ VenetcBUrbis, written about 1495. We can form from it someidea of the wonderful variety of the outturn from theMurano glass-works at that time, and of the elaborateshapes that were already given to the vessels. Whenwe pass, says Sabellico, from Venice to the suburb ofMurano, we are struck by the grandeur and size of thebuildings ; it appears from afar as a city, exten

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