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Our range of hand crafted Italian goods represent the very best of 'Made in Italy': Italian leather bags, authentic Murano Glass, handmade ceramic products and ancient olive wood products, all for sale online in The Italian Shop, based in the 'Mezzogiorno' of Italy.

'Mezzogiorno'

Italian Culture

Italian craft products are imitated, reproduced and sold from many locations around the world, but if you are looking for authentic, handmade Italian goods, you can rest assured that all of our Italian merchandise is genuinely 'Made in Italy', stored in Italy and shipped from Italy. Our Murano Glass products all come with a certificate of authenticity.

Authentic Italy

If you are looking for authentic Italian merchandise, hand made Italian gifts or Italian craft products, The Italian Shop offers a wide range of handmade Italian goods categorised in their own product groupings.

Italian Ceramics

View our Hand Painted Ceramics products

We have some unique items of hand-painted italian tableware in our ceramics collection, together with traditional Sicilian tiles and candlesticks.

Italian Leather Bags

View our Italian Leather bags

We offer a wide selection of stylish, Italian leather bags, all produced to the highest quality from genuine Italian leather.

Watch our Leather Bags video 'Italian Style'

Murano Glass

View our Murano Glass jewellery

In addition to handmade glass jewellery, our Murano Glass section also features a stunning range of individual glass objects that make perfect gifts from italy.

Watch our Murano Glass video 'Italian Beauty'

Olive Wood

View our Olive Wood products

We have an unusual range of olive wood jewellery and beads as well as a beautiful range of kitchen utensils and tableware, all made from ancient olive wood.

Italian Silk

View our Silk products

We offer a range of long, soft silk scarves, made in Italy using blends of fine, hand picked silk which have been printed and dyed using special, traditional techniques. Each scarf is double sided, which creates an unbelievable shimmering effect, the result of which is a colourful, lustrous and luxurious scarf. Each one is stitched lovingly, and with the utmost care, near the shores of Lake Como, Italy.

From our base, deep in the south of Italy, we have looked for, and located, a range of genuine, Italian, handmade products that we are offering to discerning customers who love Italy and who are looking for special, handcrafted Italian gifts to buy for themselves, or for somebody special.

Italian Gifts

For those visitors specifically looking for Italian gifts, we have made our own selection and grouped them within different product groups.

Leather Gift Ideas
Murano Glass Gift Ideas
Olive Wood Gift Ideas

Not all of the products that would be suitable as Italian gifts are necessarily included within these sections, but for those visitors looking for help finding Italian gifts, it will hopefully suggest some useful gift ideas.

We also offer a 'Gift Voucher'. This can be credited with any amount, and can be redeemed against a purchase in The Italian Shop at any time over a 12 month period.

We offer a personalized 'Corporate Gift' services as well as a range of items that are suitable as 'Wedding Favours'.

We also offer a gift finding service. Please email us and let us know the kind of gift you are looking for, at what price, and we will happily help you find it. Alternatively, please contact us on our 'Live Chat' service.

Northern Italy - Murano Glass from Venice

"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."
Truman Capote

Central Italy - Ancient Olive Wood

"Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us!"
Judges 9:8

Central Italy - Italian Leather

"You can have the universe if I can have Italy."
Giuseppe Verdi

Southern Italy - Hand painted ceramics

"... and anyone who has once known this land can never be quite free from the nostalgia for it."
DH Lawrence

We hope that you will enjoy our shop.