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tian windows inspire the swirling designs on saffron albums and green journals, while the
winged lion of St Mark roars with high-fashion fierceness on scarlet handbags and tawny
satchels.
OTTICA VASCELLARI
MAP
EYEWEAR
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 522 93 88;
www.otticavascellari.it
;
Ruga Rialto 1030, San Polo; 9am-12.30pm & 3-7.30pm Mon-Sat,
closed Mon Oct-Mar; San Silvestro)
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Second-generation opticians and first-class stylists,
Vascellari family opticians intuit eyewear needs with a glance at your prescription and a
long look to assess your face shape and personal style. Angular features demand Vascel-
lari's architectural eyewear with hand-finished two-tone laminates, while delicate features
are set off with sleek specs of eco-friendly cotton-resin - all for less than mass-market
brands.
CAMPIELLO CA' ZEN
MAP
ANTIQUES, GLASS
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 71 48 71;
www.campiellocazen.com
; Campiello Zen 2581, San Polo; 9am-1pm & 3-7pm Mon-Sat;
San Tomà )
Antique Murano glass lamps are the last thing you'd want to cram into your lug-
gage - or so you thought before you saw the 1940s Salviati silver chandelier and the rare
ultra-mod red Seguso lamp. That golden Venini goblet seems safe to admire, but here's a
dangerous thought: they ship.
LA MARGHERITA
MAP
ARTISANAL, CERAMICS
GOOGLE MAP
( 393 210 02 72;
lamargheritavenezia.com
;
Campo San Cassian 2345, Santa Croce; 10am-7pm Mon-Fri, to
2pm Sat; Rialto-Mercato)
The charm of Venice is captured in a squiggle of Gothic archways
by Margherita Rossetto, a cartoonist who also applies her graphic talents to ceramics at
this studio. Hand-drawn cards feature Venetian signoras leaning over ironwork balconies,
kitchen tiles feature cats sunning on Gothic windowsills, and grinning fish greet diners
with a knowing wink on oval fish platters.
GIUSEPPE TINTI
MAP
ARTISANAL, GLASS
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 524 12 57;
www.tintimuranoglass.com
;
Campo San Cassian 2343, Santa Croce; 9am-1pm & 3-7pm
Mon-Sat; Rialto-Mercato)
Watch Giuseppe turn molten glass into a colourful, cartoony fish
with a blowtorch and very steady hands. The results are all around you in this tiny, packed
corner shop: highly portable, affordable souvenirs, including orange glass earrings with
