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Geribi ceramics Deruta - Fine italian pottery, tableware, bowls and reproductions.
Brusa Rossella - Faenza ceramics for sale, dishes and bowls.
DTN - This Italian e-shop deals with Italian handcrafted gift ideas (wooden boxes and frames, glassware, beams, artistic papers, candles and pot-pourrits) and gourmet baskets.
Maskart - Offers Italian art masks and wall sculptures, all handmade in Florence. A full range of regional Commedia dell'Arte Masks, Stick masks (hand held), and dozens of unusual wall decorations.
Something Venice Shop - All Murano glass goods,entirely hand-made by craftsmen of Venice.
Serenissima - Purchase on line the Murano glass handmade murrinas from Venice.
Florence Art - Italian-made handbags.
Maioliche Fidia - Fine deruta ceramics. Hand painted deruta tableware, lustres, holy water stoups.
Immagine Faentina - Faenza maioica products of different art styles.
Village Italy - Online shopping of glassmaking, accessories, paintings, books, prints, pottery, gold and silver, tableware. Online products and secure orders.
Pettinaroli - A great selection of old prints and maps. In particular antique prints and maps of Milan and Lombardy.
Venetianstore - Sells only original Venetian products like Murano glass and jewels, ceramics and pipes. Also has recipes.
Dolcemente - Ceramics and handycraft products from Tuscany, illustrated catalogue, and contact information.
Sole di Vetri - Glass, ceramics and pottery. Registration compulsory.
F.lli Mealli Tapestry - Tapestry of European and Flemish production, faithful reproductions of famous pieces, shown in Cluny Museum in Paris.
Molise Market - Sale of Molise regional products. Regional food and craftsmanship. Online collection of books about the Molise Region.
Iacoponi Maurizio - Handcrafted mirrors, frames with gold leave finish and decorations.
HandMade in Tuscany - Online shop for typical products of Tuscany. Only the finest quality, guaranteed and shipped with the best express couriers worldwide.
Ceramica d'Arte - Quality handpainted ceramic vases, plates, lamps and other home accessories from Sicily.
Italy Rare - Offers a choice of thirteen suitcases containing typical products of the Italian craftsmanship.
Venetian Glass Art - Online shopping for Venetian glass and Murano glass items.
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You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes. -- Cybi Whenever you eliminate the inedible, whatever remains, however unpalatable, must be food. -- Anonymous Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great. -- William Shakespeare, Henry IV Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands Crafts Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. -- Diane Ackerman When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here. -- Samuel Hoffenstein There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage -- Martin Luther Crafts The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton "By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful." (Mel Ziegler, founder of Banana Republic) I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. - Ian L. Fleming May your wife be a witch who takes after her mother, and may you all live together in a one-room house. Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. -- George Bernard Shaw Crafts Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. -- Roger Babson We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen. -- Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours How could they tell? -- Dorothy Parker, upon hearing that President Coolidge had died Crafts If I tell a lie it's only because I think I'm telling the truth. -- Phil Gaglardi, Minister of Highways, British Columbia, Canada The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise. -- Roger Simon "From the start, marriage was instituted for contemptible, practical reasons--an idea of men." (Catherine Deneuve) After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -- Aldous Huxley There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. -- George Santayana Crafts Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit. After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. -- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. -- Colin Powell Crafts "He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. -- Oscar Wilde Imagine if birds were tickled by feathers. You'd see a flock of birds come by, laughing hysterically! -- Steven Wright The love we give away is the only love we keep. -- Elbert Hubbard My wife has a split personality, and I hate both of them. 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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long per Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. -- G. K. Chesterton But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near. - Andrew Marvell Crafts
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