Stanford’s Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts has opened an exhibit of Venetian glass. These works of art were gifts to Leland and Jane Stanford from the Salviati and Company glassblowers. The Stanfords visited the Salviati shop in 1884 and struck up a friendship with employee Maurizio Camerino. He helped the family as a translator when Leland Jr died in Florence. Jane called on him to design mosaics for Memorial Church. Over time, Camerino sent Jane Stanford some 450 glass pieces. Sadly, many were broken in the 1906 earthquake. Some were sold to pay for museum restoration work. 245 are still owned by the museum and 120 will be on display in the exhibit.