Light Blue Murano Glass Millefiori Heart Sterling Silver Earrings

A light blue Millefiori heart glass detail hand set in a nickel free sterling silver fishhook earring frame. Millefiori is a type of Murano glass that has been incorporated with various layers of colors to create beautiful flower-like patterns. Millefiori, which literally means “a thousand flowers”, is the denomination of a type of cylindrical, long glass rod which contains a specific pattern along its entire length, so that when cut into slices from one end, the particular pattern will be revealed. It is completely handmade of authentic Murano glass. This style of glass has been around since the Middle Ages and more recently, have been produced for fine jewelry.