Millefiori glass bowl
We're all atwitter over the new find in London, a Roman millefiore bowl of impressive size, and unfortunately just-lost color. (This contemporary bowl using the same technique, is for sale, here. It's not as big as the lovely one just found, only 11cm dia x 3 cm height. But I'd be happy with it. If it was red.) I had not known that millefiore – fabulous glasswork now associated with the island of Murano, in Venice, called "thousand flowers" – was so old. I'm very glad, as I've loved it since I first spent more than I ought on some … Continue reading Millefiori glass bowl