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  • 41opaline glass —       usually opaque glass or crystal, either white or coloured, made in France between approximately 1810 and 1890. Opaline resembles the milk glass of 16th century Venice and the opaque, white glass associated with Bristol, Eng., in the 18th… …

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  • 4262nd Venice International Film Festival — The 62nd Venice International Film Festival opened on August 31, 2005 with Tsui Hark s Seven Swords and closed on September 10, 2005 with a screening of Peter Ho sun Chan s musical Perhaps Love . The lineups were announced by the festival… …

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  • 43The Empire of Glass — Doctorwhobook title=The Empire of Glass series=Virgin Missing Adventures number=16 featuring=First Doctor Steven Taylor, Vicki and Irving Braxiatel writer=Andy Lane publisher=Virgin Books isbn= ISBN 0 426 20457 3 set between= The Time Meddler and …

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  • 44Venetian glass — Venetian Ve*ne tian, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.] Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. [1913 Webster] {Venetian blind}, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable,… …

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  • 45Altare glass —       type of Italian glassware produced in the town of Altare, near Genoa. The Altare glass industry was established in the 11th century by glassmakers from Normandy and developed independently of the much better known glassworks of Venice.… …

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  • 48Venetian glass — Vene′tian glass′ n. cer ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, esp. that from the island of Murano • Etymology: 1835–45 …

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  • 49Venetian glass — n. a fine glassware made in or near Venice, esp. on the nearby island of Murano …

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  • 50venetian glass — noun Usage: often capitalized V Date: circa 1845 often colored glassware made at Murano near Venice of a soda lime metal and typically elaborately decorated (as with gilt, enamel, or engraving) …

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