The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-01
VENETIAN GLASS.

sources. But there sre no record
relating 10 its glass previous to th'
twelfth century. In 126 8 We have
notices of scent-bottles and table
ware, and in 1875 the expectation o
tho materials used in the msnuiao
ture was prohibited. So rapidly did
it grow into commercial importance
that the state interviewed to protect
and encourage il in every possible
? way, and to make it Q national mon.
: opoly. In that it succeeded 80 far that
the fine manufactures of Venice con-
trolled the makets of the known
world for centuries; and although
more or less successful attempts were
made in other countries to become
Independent of her, nose ever sue
ceeded 10 equalling the variety,
beauty, and refinement OF the best
Venetian work. The republic wisely
enobled the art, and in 1876 decreed
that the defendants OF giass blowers
VINO intermarIied IutA che NOME
families snonId be consIdered ne pa-
tricians. Pa-tioolI c.vG privileges
were conferred on the guild. 1t was
not smensble to the lover courts, bat
was under the sepcial jurisdiction OF
the celebrated Counci OF Ten.
Although Venice itself gives it's
name to the glass as early as 1891,
the works IN general were removed
by statute order from that city, and
established IN the neigbbering island
OF Murano, q mile to the northeast,
where there were already in existence
manufactures, but On q smaller
scale. This was to guard against the
risk OF fires in the thickly populated
city, and for sanitary reasons.
Henceforth Mursno became the chief
locality OF this industry. which finally
took sucn proportions that the street
along the Chief canal, more than an
mile long. became mostly devoted
to 1t. Coco Sabellico, in bis account
OF Venice, writes abolt 1895. thus
ailudes 20 Murano:
''There is street which might,
from the msguifcence and size OF ita
edlfCes TO those who beheld il from
atar, appear city; il ex ends a mile
In length ,RDo Ia Luxurious on account
OF lts glass. houses. & famous inVen-
ton fEst proved ;hss glass might
ie;gu the whiIanees OF crystal, and ss
i1e wits ~ mn ale active end not
siOiniui IL a0O!uE something 10 IL
veDu0ns, t6ey suon began To turn tie
msterls! ln!0 vatloue cJtIofs and
mumbeEiess i0rms. Hence came
caps, beakers tanGsr6s, csldr0Ds,
ewers, candioe;icks animals OF every |
e0It: horne, necklaces; heec- ell thlngs |
That Can deIIgot maEkipd; hence |
Whatever can attract tne eyes OF |
m0rtals; and. what we Cou d hardy |
dare 10 hope for, there Is no Kind OF
precious stone which can not be imi
tsted by the industry OF glass workers.
Consider TO whom Il did occur TO In
GLADE in a little b. Il all the sorts OF
flowers which cioth tne meadows in
spring. Nor has the invention been
confined to one house or family; the
street CLOVIS tor the most part with
furnaces o! tDls ElL0.
This Is q graphic description OF tie
condition OF the industry at Mursuo
in the latter part OF the fifteenth Gen.
tusTy, when It was bordering Oh its
most artistic and foarishing period,
IN which it 1t n virtual mouopsEs Of
The republic MuraDo 80 echpsed al
other Italian cities that none other
ever acquire shy reputation Tor glaze
There we're sufficient reasons for this
SUCCESS. It's secret processes were
guarded and when the skill
ot the workmen IN various depart
nents Kept, a. it were, in certain
families, and transmitted from gener-
alton.
Among the nost dis,ing were
'he Bergvies. toe Mioili, bria.ti, ard
come OF wh.se defendants
are still engaged in the ssme occups
ton IN the new e-.abiisnmen,s of
Salvisti and toe Vent -Murano
companies, reproducing and even
tivalling the artistic dexterity of their
ancestors. Their chief aim was to
make artistic glass exclusively for
beauty; and secondly, to ornsment
and shape even the articles of CON
mon use go that sthey should. as Sa
belIico happily expresses it. "attract
the eyes of mortals" and delight
mankind. i" This vital @,thetic ptin-
cipIe of work was The real sec ct ut
the lame and tucceSs OF VeDe la,
glass, as OF its o painting. IL ,0ak u.
beauty, rot utiliiy,i the goseroiug ~
it demonstrated bs its coni ne.ciaisor-,
cess and en- TicbmeD; o! the state th4
The higher the aim OF Industrial art
The surer tae road to fortune, as well
As mental delight.
1t pad" Venice amazingly VT
to give beauty its TighsiuI place III
and be SATISFIED w.tb
nothing sDoT. "a iss iulles develop
men'. Besides seeing the best
materials, std aim,pg a, str ng -,
1eHcacy, ana hgDt1rss, .whi"h ~ure
promoted by not Using losi. 4s lie toe
general modern Practice IN grn,<
each manufsc:oEY 30 veil kept -.
secrets that We now know very lIte
Of their modes Of Manufacture. Fn-
.tate lent q aid also Ia a series of
Oraconian ensctmenis, which II tn4v
I'D not wholly preclude compe,irol