Name of Object:

Jars from the Company of Glass and Mosaic of Venice and Murano [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

Vasi della Compagnia di Vetri e Mosaici di Venezia e Murano

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

“The Chronicle of the Universal Exhibition of Paris” of 1878 celebrates the city of Murano’s commercial success in glass production. A large number of these objects reside in the collection of the Museum of Industrial Arts in Rome (M.A.I.), now part of the acquisitions of the National Museum of Antique Art on display at Palazzo Barberini. M.A.I. was established in 1872 in Rome as a collection of manufacts (glasses, majolica, sculptures, materials, photographs, metals, casts and other) from antiquity to 19th century, and as a training school for specialising artisans, as part of the process of revaluation of the so-called "minor arts". Venetian glass has a long history, inherited from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic tradition in the Middle Ages. These jars were manufactured by the famous glass company Salviati, founded in 1866 and established in Venice and Murano. In presenting these objects they claimed the rebirth of a long-forgotten antique art and the rebirth of glass industries in Italy. Tomb excavations brought to light a series of vases. New objects based on those excavated were made on the occasion of the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.

Type of Object

Photo from magazine

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 340.

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Jars from the Company of Glass and Mosaic of Venice and Murano [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;230;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 088