Originating in Middle Eastern countries such as Syria, Egypt and Palestine, glass craftsmanship was later introduced to the province of Venice and many countries on the European continent. In the hands of talented Venetian artisans, this new craft of glass blossomed into a magnificent art form that would dazzle and conquer the whole world with its beauty. Although glass was not an entirely new material to the Romans, it was the glassblowing technology acquired from the Middle Eastern peoples...
'Fioleri', the first name given to Venetian glassworkers, derives.
The various types of truncated cone-shaped glasses called "mojoli de girlanda et imperlati e incostati", the ancestors of the tipetti, and common table and tavern glass, are also of traditional shapes.