Topic: Venetian vases

[Anne]

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Bohemian is nothing to do with Venice. Bohemia is an area of Europe - what is now the Czech Republic, Moravia, and Silesia - which were important glassmaking areas until very recently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia

By the way, glass wasn't made in Venice itself after 1291, but offshore on Murano:

Murano’s reputation as a center for glassmaking was born when the Venetian Republic, fearing fire and the destruction of the city’s mostly wooden buildings, ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano in 1291.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano#History_of_Murano_glassmaking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_glass

[Ivo]

Most likely producer for your vases was the company of Friedrich Egermann (tip: enter Egermann in google images) who invented copper flashing in the early 19th century and who are still using this process today.
Your vases have no connection to Venice, they are definitely from Bohemia.

[chopin-liszt]

I have a pair of stoppered bottles, quite similar to these but not quite as fancy 
They had belonged to my grandmother and had been locked away in a cabinet and were considered to be delicate and fragile and incredibly valuable... by my grandmother.
I don't know if she thought they were "Venetian" or not, but it's possible.
My grandmother, I'm afraid, was clueless.   
They have sentimental value to me - and serve as a warning about the stories grandmothers can tell.