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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2844882, member: 13874"][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] Thanks for the reminder that <b>Murano</b> is not a maker. I don't recall saying that, however, but if you can find it I stand corrected <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. <i>Fine Murano</i> was my <i>short reference</i> to the manufacture of fine glass made on the nice little island where they make it that I visited in 1964.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not belabored here but I actually wrote a series on how costume jewelry started IN THE UNITED STATES, long before I wrote the ref'd article in my previous post. The reference to it was only meant as a brief glimpse into history as to WHY costume jewelry became so popular IN THE UNITED STATES. This reference was never meant to criticize the role of costume jewelry elsewhere in the world. I do know that glass was often substituted for precious gems in Egyptian tombs because, as I once wrote, "the dead did not complain."</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone is interested in spending a few weeks(!) with my approx. 12-year output on c.j. history, much of it can be found on the <b>Wayback Machine</b>, under <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000816071207/http://costumejewels.about.com/hobbies/costumejewels/library/weekly/mprev98.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000816071207/http://costumejewels.about.com/hobbies/costumejewels/library/weekly/mprev98.htm" rel="nofollow"><i>Costume Jewelry Collecting with Isabelle Bryman</i></a>, [link to 1998 index only, others linked] and also under <i><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030720044353/http://jewelrycollecting.allinfo-about.com/archx1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030720044353/http://jewelrycollecting.allinfo-about.com/archx1.html" rel="nofollow">All Info About Costume Jewelry with Liz Bryman</a>, </i>[one partial archive index of two<i>.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am the same person under both names but had to hide my real name under a <i>nom de plume</i> while in transit writing between the two sites back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peace. I love all costume jewelry. I even like precious <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 2844882, member: 13874"][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] Thanks for the reminder that [B]Murano[/B] is not a maker. I don't recall saying that, however, but if you can find it I stand corrected :angelic:. [I]Fine Murano[/I] was my [I]short reference[/I] to the manufacture of fine glass made on the nice little island where they make it that I visited in 1964. Not belabored here but I actually wrote a series on how costume jewelry started IN THE UNITED STATES, long before I wrote the ref'd article in my previous post. The reference to it was only meant as a brief glimpse into history as to WHY costume jewelry became so popular IN THE UNITED STATES. This reference was never meant to criticize the role of costume jewelry elsewhere in the world. I do know that glass was often substituted for precious gems in Egyptian tombs because, as I once wrote, "the dead did not complain." If anyone is interested in spending a few weeks(!) with my approx. 12-year output on c.j. history, much of it can be found on the [B]Wayback Machine[/B], under [URL='http://web.archive.org/web/20000816071207/http://costumejewels.about.com/hobbies/costumejewels/library/weekly/mprev98.htm'][I]Costume Jewelry Collecting with Isabelle Bryman[/I][/URL], [link to 1998 index only, others linked] and also under [I][URL='http://web.archive.org/web/20030720044353/http://jewelrycollecting.allinfo-about.com/archx1.html']All Info About Costume Jewelry with Liz Bryman[/URL], [/I][one partial archive index of two[I].[/I]] I am the same person under both names but had to hide my real name under a [I]nom de plume[/I] while in transit writing between the two sites back then. Peace. I love all costume jewelry. I even like precious :happy::rolleyes::kiss:[/QUOTE]
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