Jacopo Verzelini

Italian craftsman

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In façon de Venise
…de Venise; a Venetian émigré, Jacopo Verzelini (1522–1606), produced it in London from 1573 and was granted a royal privilege for glassmaking in 1575. He had been preceded by eight Venetian workers who had established themselves in London in 1545. At Antwerp, Venetian influence was strong and the glass industry…
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