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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 2845186, member: 29"]Value was and still is about rarity and difficulty of making. In Ancient Egypt, glass beads were enormously difficult to make and highly sought after. Cut steel when first made, was expensive to produce. Bronze jewellery, likewise - and of course, Cornwall was about the only decent source of easily mined copper for millennia. </p><p><br /></p><p>As to glass being "substituted" that is certainly never stated in the exhibits in either the Cairo Museum or the British Museum, say. Or the V&A, which has some stunning pieces. No one would have dared cheat a dead Pharoah: it was thought they'd exert revenge on anyone who tried to short change their grave goods. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=8309]@Gianluca72[/USER] - really useful, many thanks. I have indeed seen much "Murano" glass, being a bit of a glass nut. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> There's a label often found which says Lavorazione Arte Murano. It never saw Italy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This: "The U.S. has been the most instrumental country to promote its popularity in design and affordability." Simply not true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 2845186, member: 29"]Value was and still is about rarity and difficulty of making. In Ancient Egypt, glass beads were enormously difficult to make and highly sought after. Cut steel when first made, was expensive to produce. Bronze jewellery, likewise - and of course, Cornwall was about the only decent source of easily mined copper for millennia. As to glass being "substituted" that is certainly never stated in the exhibits in either the Cairo Museum or the British Museum, say. Or the V&A, which has some stunning pieces. No one would have dared cheat a dead Pharoah: it was thought they'd exert revenge on anyone who tried to short change their grave goods. [USER=8309]@Gianluca72[/USER] - really useful, many thanks. I have indeed seen much "Murano" glass, being a bit of a glass nut. ;) There's a label often found which says Lavorazione Arte Murano. It never saw Italy. ;) This: "The U.S. has been the most instrumental country to promote its popularity in design and affordability." Simply not true.[/QUOTE]
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