venetian glass

noun

variants often Venetian glass

: often colored glassware made at Murano near Venice of a soda-lime metal and typically elaborately decorated (as with gilt, enamel, or engraving)

Examples of venetian glass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The design fuses Italian and Japanese accents, from the venetian glass pool (which sits beneath a gold ceiling hand-painted by local artisans) to a terrace planted with lemon and yuzu trees. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1845, in the meaning defined above

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