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| Typical products: Lead-crystal glass |
Apart from food and wine, no other product in Colle Val d’Elsa is more of a local speciality, and more traditional, than lead-crystal glass.
The first documents attesting to glass production, which only began to specialize in lead-crystal production much more recently, are found in the Statutes of the 'comune' of Colle dating to 1331, and these form part of an uninterrupted tradition which continues to this day.
Colle di Val d'Elsa produces 95% of all the lead-crystal glass made in Italy, and 14% of all the world’s lead-crystal glass. Its output is of high quality, and of great beauty and variety, making it the ultimate gift article.
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GLASSWARE
Practically any shape, size and design for an almost unlimited range of glasses and tableware, from more classical shapes to more modern forms
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WINE-TASTING
Satisfying one’s thirst is not the only reason for drinking, another reason why people drink is purely for the pleasure of the taste and bouquet of wine, and that is why there are specialized ranges of products in the wine-tasting sector
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TABLE-WARE
Table-ware does not mean only glassware and wine-glasses, it also includes bottles, jugs, cruets, salt-cellars and a myriad other vessels for everyday use, although each may be more elegant than the next
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BAR
When we come to the bar, the more traditional forms are abandoned in favour of new ranges and new shapes, designed by the world’s most modern designers, who have turned their hand to this sector
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VASES AND
DISPLAY WARE
No important table can be without an important display piece, strictly of lead crystal, because only this material turns grace and style into an everyday event
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ATELIER
What can be more beautiful to look at than something which is unconnected with daily use, and which becomes a purely aesthetic gesture, one which crystallizes simple beauty and technical prowess, a pure display of the skill of its maker
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"Happiness consists in looking for happiness."
Jules Renard, Writer (1864-1910)
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