BEAUTIFUL MURANO MILLEFIORI PENDANT colorful art glass

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Thank you for looking at this auction. Please check out our other auctions on eBay. This auction is for a beautiful MURANO MILLEFIORI GLASS PENDANT . Murano, the island in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, is the center of classic Murano glassmaking, especially millefiori and paperweight-style glass pieces. The first of what would be called collectible glass paperweights was made on Murano by Pietro Bigaglia in the mid-1840s. This colorful glass pendant contains myriad millefiori canes, which are the hallmark of numerous paperweights from around the world, especially paperweights made on Murano. This is a contemporary glass piece. The millefiori canes are of the style made by Murano's Fratelli Toso Fornace (glass furnace). This glass pendant is a superb piece of jewelry. It has a finished hole near the top so that you can put the pendant on whatever style or material of chain you wish to place around your neck. This Murano glass millefiori pendant measures approximately 1 and 5/8 inches across. It is approximately 3/8 of an inch thick. The pendant does not come with a chain or necklace of any kind. This is a fine representation of the classic Murano millefiori cane look. Murano glass jewelry in the paperweight style are a prized addition to jewelry and glass paperweight collections, and they are highly-desired by collectors. This is read more