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Saturday, 10 March 2012

Copper Keeper

Posted on 22:45 by Ashish Chaturvedi
Created by Salviati in the 50s, one of the venerable Murano factories. 14" in diameter with the original foil sticker intact. It looks as if it is about to take flight...
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