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website Whats New The emigration of talent had its effect on
Venice’s preeminence in glassblowing. Other countries used the
once secret knowledge divulged by the maestri of Murano to
create their own styles and interpretations of glass. Bohemian
crystal, thicker, heavier and often engraved, grew in popularity
to the point of rivaling Murano glass’ popularity the century
before. This change in taste towards a more robust glass and the
fall and occupation of the Venetian Republic by Napoleon’s
troops in 1797 combined with the subsequent abolishment of the
Guild in 1805 precipitated a long lastin