There was this small miniature French glass-painted piece of a reclining goddess and cherubs, a vase with mermaids, a blue glass table, and a Murano chalice.
There was no end to the most beautiful pieces of glassware that could ever be imagined. From tiny painted beads to beaded collars, from mosaic portraits to statues, from perfume bottles to flasks to plates, from windshields to telescope lenses, and from tables to chandeliers. We took over one-hundred photographs we were so taken with everything on display.
After spending over two hours when we should have scheduled twice that long, and learning much but wanting to know more, we looked at one another and knew we would never think of glass in the same way again. We barely had time to check out the other scientific and innovative galleries or the Frederick Carder Gallery of golden vessels. There was no doubt about it, someday we will have to return and see the rest.
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