Show VENETIAN GLASS its it fragua fragile banty unsurpassed by modern art an article in the woman s home companion by orlena 1 L shackleford i I 1 treating of ornamental glass in all ages present the claims of the venetian I 1 glass makers to the highest recognition ag tion of art venetian glass owes its extreme thinness and lightness to the want of lead in its composition all the ornamental shapes were blown and owed their beauty beamut to the skilful manipulation of the worker whose delicacy of touch and artistic taste were often a heritage from generations of glass blowing ancestors the most prized of the venetian productions was the beautiful vitro detrina or lace glass generally known as filigree of this there are two kinds the I 1 and i the ceLi celli the former was the less elaborate and consisted of a single tube twisted and given a spiral direction the ground of the vessel being of a different color the I 1 li designs were more varied va ried sometimes the twisted tubes were powdered I 1 w with ith gold and made vertical horizon horizontal diagonal or curved cured indeed every la v a nation was given agnen that ingenuity suggest or fancy devise aventurine glass waz was invented by the venetians its secret being discovered b by the accidental dropping of brass or copper filings into a pot port of I 1 melted glass glas s ahiel resulted in the I 1 i diffusion of gold specks or threads throughout the mass its name is said i to signify adventure or resulting from chance a word half italian but coined probably for the occasion to denote the lecul peculiar lar variety marbled 0 or r varl agate edmed d glass was made to resemble chalcedony jasper lapis lazuli and tortoise shell there was a kind of green and purple which beep became me red by th ohp transmission of light A frosted glass which showed an icy coating was made by dipping the vessel when halt half blown in in pounded glass glas s the particles of 0 which readily adhered to the warm warin m mass ass which was re heated and brough into shape sometimes pounded glass of different colors was used v ith fine effect upon the same object I 1 these hese with delicately gilded glass and some ornamented with jewel patterns lilke liae those of damas damascus c us formed the principal kind of venetian glass which was too thin tor for engraving and could rarely bear enameling I 1 |