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 Venice Glass.Ven’ison. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Venice of the West.
 
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        “Another element in the blazon of the ‘Venice of the West’ is a fish laid across the stem of the tree, ‘in base,’ as the heralds say.”—J. H. Burton.
 


 Venice Glass.Ven’ison. 

 
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