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Marfil Jewelryfrom: Fisheye Venice
We went inside, where Cheryl asked the proprietor if the necklace was available in a single-wire version. No problem: The shop owner, a South American lady named Rita, clipped out one tier of the three-wire necklace, added a new clasp, and sold it to us for €13 (a fair price, since the three-wire necklace was €30). Rita's shop, Marfil, consists of two adjoining storefronts at S. Aponal 1249/B. One side of the store is devoted to moderately-priced glass jewelry, while the other has more upscale jewelry and gifts. It's a pleasant shop with a friendly, vivacious owner who claims to spend 10 hours a day designing jewelry and meeting visitors from all over the world. If you're in the neighborhood and you're shopping for a memento of your Venice trip, take a few minutes to meet Rita and check out her jewelry selection. Follow-up: Cheryl's Marfil necklace was stolen during a trip from the Netherlands to the United States in 1999. A few months later, we stopped at Marfil and bought a sale-priced two-wire necklace of greenish glass that had visible evidence of a snipped third wire near the clasp. It was almost certainly the remaining portion of the necklace that we'd seen (and bought a third of) during our first visit to Marfil. |
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