| From the 15th Century onwards, if you were of any | | | | category is sometimes referred to as Lead Crystal. |
| standing in the world of glassware and production | | | | Each of these categories of Antique Venetian |
| then the chances you were based in Venice. Antique | | | | Glassware has their own individual source of and mix |
| Venetian Glassware from this period onwards really | | | | of ingredients and as such these lead to each type |
| came into its own and the glassmakers introduced | | | | and variety of Antique Glassware having their own |
| many different types of glass and effective | | | | individual characteristics and peculiarities. |
| combinations of coloured glass that had hitherto been | | | | The sort of thing we are talking about here would be |
| unimaginable. | | | | colour, light refraction and handling abilities, resonance |
| In the late 15th Century, a milky opaque “white | | | | and weight etc. |
| glass” was developed by adding tin oxide into the | | | | Lastly as you can imagine depending upon the level |
| mix when the material was heated and then blown. | | | | of skill, age and condition, Antique Venetian |
| This glass resembled porcelain and was highly popular. | | | | Glassware can vary in price from the very cheap to |
| Antique Glassware has three basic categories. Soda | | | | the prohibitively expensive depending upon your |
| Glass which is occasionally or sometimes referred to | | | | budget. |
| as soda-lime glass, potash and lead glass. This latter | | | | |