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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4689018, member: 97383"]Broucheion, That's an excellent memento from ancient Alexandria that a traveling tourist would have come home with <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The sites of ancient Egypt must have impressed Roman tourists, & what better souvenir to come home with than a piece of Alexandrian glass <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The very wealthy tourist could splurge & buy a piece of jewelry made from <b>murrine</b> glass, the most difficult, time consuming, & expensive technique used for glass jewelry. The example pictured below of a satyr head was made circa 1st cen. BC - AD 1st cen., & measures only 1.0 inch long. It was auctioned by Christie's in NYC for $41,000.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>murrine</b> glass technique was lost for centuries & revived only in the mid 19th century by Venetian glass artists. The scent bottle pictured below was made in Venice circa 1860 & measures 3 in. long.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153187[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some modern glass artists are using this technique & their work is expensive. I bought the paperweight pictured below at auction made by Mike Hunter, & he has some <b>murrine</b> glass canes in this piece. The center cane depicts Elizabeth Taylor, & a Marilyn Monroe cane can be seen near the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4689018, member: 97383"]Broucheion, That's an excellent memento from ancient Alexandria that a traveling tourist would have come home with :D. The sites of ancient Egypt must have impressed Roman tourists, & what better souvenir to come home with than a piece of Alexandrian glass :happy:. The very wealthy tourist could splurge & buy a piece of jewelry made from [B]murrine[/B] glass, the most difficult, time consuming, & expensive technique used for glass jewelry. The example pictured below of a satyr head was made circa 1st cen. BC - AD 1st cen., & measures only 1.0 inch long. It was auctioned by Christie's in NYC for $41,000.00 :jawdrop:! [ATTACH=full]1153183[/ATTACH] The [B]murrine[/B] glass technique was lost for centuries & revived only in the mid 19th century by Venetian glass artists. The scent bottle pictured below was made in Venice circa 1860 & measures 3 in. long. [ATTACH=full]1153187[/ATTACH] Some modern glass artists are using this technique & their work is expensive. I bought the paperweight pictured below at auction made by Mike Hunter, & he has some [B]murrine[/B] glass canes in this piece. The center cane depicts Elizabeth Taylor, & a Marilyn Monroe cane can be seen near the top. [ATTACH=full]1153188[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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