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  • In the 15th century, master Angelo Barovier discovered the process for producing clear glass – (cristallo) – that allowed Murano glassmakers to become the only producers of mirrors in Europe.

    Glasses Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • La luce attraverso il cristallo sulla natura morta delle tue dita

    Arnold de Vos greenintegerblog 2008

  • FOUR FLIES (or 4 Mosche di velluti grigio) was Argento's third feature film -- following THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, 1970, released by UMC Pictures) and THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (Il gatto a nove code, 1971, released by National General Pictures) -- and his first to receive US distribution from an actual major, Paramount Pictures.

    Whither FOUR FLIES? 2006

  • FOUR FLIES (or 4 Mosche di velluti grigio) was Argento's third feature film -- following THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo, 1970, released by UMC Pictures) and THE CAT O' NINE TAILS (Il gatto a nove code, 1971, released by National General Pictures) -- and his first to receive US distribution from an actual major, Paramount Pictures.

    Archive 2006-02-26 2006

  • Once or twice I was drawing breath to point out the odd fact — that the cristallo ceramico she mentioned as being by the great Apsley Pellat was probably by a contemporary copier (his favourite best-selling trick was a porcelain medallion of some grand personage, set in glass), and that the pair of peasant love-spoons she claimed were Welsh had probably never been further north than Basle.

    The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981

  • Heggen's scarf-pin is malachite – take it off, Gunnar – and Jenny's beads are cristallo rosso, not rossa – red rock crystals, you know.

    Jenny: A Novel 1921

  • "I don't know what malachite is, or cristallo rossa, but I am sure that corals like those would suit you better than anything."

    Jenny: A Novel 1921

  • In Florence, where Jenny bought her cristallo rosso, I could have got one for thirty-five.

    Jenny: A Novel 1921

  • In primis duo Candelabra cum pomellis et hastis de cristallo omata cum argeuto piano cum pedibus et ciphis superius rotundis et stills cupris superius ponderis quasi vij marcarum de Troy.

    Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770

  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    DVD Times 2009

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