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Museo Civico della Filigrana "Pietro Carlo Bosio"

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The exhibits in the museum are grouped according to the geographical areas of origin; so it is possible to identify the differences between the various processing schools. Ample space is given to the Italian city watermark that looks like protagonists Venice, Genoa, Florence and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Characteristic of China, for example, is the use of a thin round silver wire as a human hair and the use of materials such as ivory, tortoiseshell, or the walnut shells as support to the watermark. The watermark Russian and Nepalese stand instead for the wide use of glazes with particular attention to the colors. That the Indian is recognized through the variety of objects related to the local customs.

Updated on 27 May 2024

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