Glassmakers in Venice
My new book, Glass Girl, features a central character who’s a glassmaker. We take glass for granted. It’s in our windows, on our tables, in trinkets. Usually, it’s cheap. But this wasn’t always so. At one time, glass was expensive enough to be a major trade item, and nowhere was this more so than in 13th through 16th century Venice. Protecting Glassmakers’ Income Given that a lot of money was floating around, various people acted to protect its source. For…