My wife and I had the opportunity to go to Venice last year and it was a fantastic experience! Venice is known for their beautiful hand made glass work. For those of you who know me, know that i love Clowns! The whole time we were there i was on the hunt for a hand made glass clown fish. I was able to find a couple fish but they weren't clowns. I actually contacted a shop owner and asked if he could custom make one for me. He told me that it would take him months and hundreds of attempts to make a good one. I had pretty much given up hope at this point. On our last day in Venice i was walking past a shop and looked in their window display and saw this! I almost didn't believe my eyes, i was so excited i had to buy it! it wasn't cheap but i don't regret the purchase, i get to look at it every day at work!