VENETIAN GLASS TURTLE Broadleaf Arrowhead Flower Murano Silver Coin Canada 2015

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VENETIAN GLASS TURTLE Broadleaf Arrowhead Flower Murano Silver Coin 20$ Canada 2015 VENETIAN GLASS TURTLE 5th ISSUE IN BEST SELLING SERIES - ALL ISSUES SOLD OUT! This exquisite coin is the fifth in the Royal Canadian Mint’s sought-after series Canadian flora paired with fauna both an engraved and coloured design along with a unique one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted Venetian glass element created by a master glassmaker in Murano, Italy. The Venetian glass turtle was handcrafted by master glassmaker Giuliano Donaggio. Mintage 12.500 pcs worldwide.The reverse design by Canadian artist Maurice Gervais uses colour to recreate the leaves and white flowers of the broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), which fills the lower portion of the image field. A floating log serves as the perfect sunbathing platform for a Venetian glass version of a painted turtle, which has been handcrafted by master glass-maker Giuliano Donaggio in Murano, Italy. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Murano Glass Murano glass is glass made on the Venetian island of Murano, which has specialized in fancy glasswares for centuries. Murano’s glassmakers led Europe for centuries, developing or refining many technologies including crystalline glass, enamelled glass (smalto), glass with threads of gold (aventurine), multicolored glass (millefiori), milk glass (lattimo), and imitation read more

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