The central display case in the first room contains works of various manufacture dating from 1806 to 1864.

1. Two samples of glass rods with spiral filigree. Samples of adventurine inlays and of beads in various colours, 1838
Domenico Bussolin (1805-1886)
Donated by the artist

2. Beads worked a lume [by naked flame], 1840-1860
Unidentified manufacture
Probably by Giovanni Giacomuzzi, Giovanni Battista Franchini (1804-1873)
and Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876)

3. Ship in a bottle closed with an ‘impossible’ stopper, 1806
Capitan Francesco Biondo

4. Two sample books of a lume beads, 1840-1860
Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876)
Donated by Alessandro Zecchin

5. Marble table top with polychrome enamel inlays; the central plaque with the gondola is by the Franchini and was probably added later, 1851.
Exhibited in New York in 1853 and donated to the Museum by the artists in 1863.
Angelo and Giovanni Giacomuzzi (1818-1872)

6. Original design of a table with polychrome enamel inlays. Presented to Napoleon in 1811.
Benedetto Barbaria (1784-1875)

7. Model of a fodder shop in a bottle with an ‘impossible’ stopper.
Unidentified artist. Probably the same date as n. 3.

8. Adventurine plaque with portrait of pope Pius IX, 1846 (?)
Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876).

9. Rosary with beads and cross in adventurine, c.1850.
Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876) (?)

10. Profile portrait of a man (Antonio Canova?) in miniature monochrome mosaic.
Unidentified manufacture, beginning of 19th cent.

11. Plaque with portrait of Napoleon in miniature monochrome mosaic.
Unidentified manufacture, first half of 19th cent.

12. Miniature mosaic copy of the tondo depicting bathing doves in Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli.
Unidentified manufacture, first half of 19th cent.

13. Enamel portrait of Lorenzo Radi (originally placed above the samples of polychrome glass rods displayed here as n. 38), 1864.
Giovanni Albertini (?)

14. Mosaic disk with turquoise background and a dancing figure inspired by Antonio Canova’s Hebe.
Unidentified manufacture, first half of 19th cent.

15. Original design for a triumphal arch decorated with beads, mirrors and other glass components, erected in Murano to celebrate the entrance of the Austrian emperor, Franz I and Marianna Pia of Savoy.
Giuseppe Zanetti, 1838

16. Beads
Unidentified manufacture.
probably first half of 19th cent.

Works in calcedony glass by Lorenzo Radi (1803-1874)

Donated by the artist and his son, Lorenzo Radi junior.
Murano, 1850-1860

17. Carafe (probably a test of colour combinations)
cl. VI n. 3184

18. Vase
cl. VI n. 3190

19. Three small bottles
cl. VI nn. 871, 872, 3178

20. Two drinking glasses
cl. VI nn. 3176, 3199

21. Octagonal paperweight
cl. VI n. 3198

22. Two drinking glasses
cl. VI nn. 3179, 3180

23/ 24/ 26. Large vase
cl. VI n. 1720, 3221, 3186

25. Cup
cl. VI n. 3168

27. Small plate
cl. VI n. 3171

28. Pitcher
cl. VI n. 3167

29. Vase
cl. VI n. 3189

30. Vase in the form of a cornucopia
cl. VI n. 3157

31. Vase with filigree silver mounting
cl. VI n. 3158

32/ 33/ 36. Carafe
cl. VI n. 3182, 3190, 3181

34. Glasses and two bottles
cl. VI nn. 1721, 3173, 3174

35. Small plate, vase and small carafe
cl. VI nn. 3167, 3204, 3163

Different works combining technical experimentation and historical/political themes

37. Two lumps of adventurine glass. The larger is by Pietro Bigaglia (exhibited at the 1869 Murano Exhibition), the smaller probably by Lorenzo Graziati, c.1850

38. Samples of glass rods in different enamels, for use in large-scale mosaics
Lorenzo Radi (1803-1874)
Donated in 1864

39. Box with polychrome plaques, and knife handles (one attributed to Pietro Bigaglia), all decorated with murrine,1843-1848.
Giovan Battista (1804-1873) and Jacopo Franchini (1827-1863)
Donated by the artists in 1865

40. Small vase created upon occasion of the Congresso degli Scienziati and dated 17 September 1847
Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876)

41. Box with samples of polychrome enamel glass rods used by the Franchini in creating miniature portraits; portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1862
Giovan Battista Franchini (1804-1873)
Donated by the artist in 1865

42. Box with necklaces and a lume beads of gold leaf within crystal glass; Two beads with views of St. Mark’s, 1838
Giovan Battista Franchini (1804-1873)
Donated by the artist in 1865

43. Large drinking glass decorated with neoclassical motifs in monochrome
Unidentified manufacture, first quarter of 19th cent.
cl. VI n. 1680

44. Drinking glass with enamel decoration of scenes and scrolls relating to Venetian history after the fall of the Republic
Unidentified manufacture, post 1806

45. Bottle with enamel decoration depicting a painter
Probably Murano, unidentified manufacture, first quarter of 19th cent.

46. Crystal glass bottle with engraving of a patriotic scene and scroll bearing the inscription:
Viva Venezia ed i suoi prodi Militi 27 ottobre 1848 [Long live Venice and her Proud Soldiers,
27 October 1848]
Probably by the Cozzato brothers
cl. VI n. 3223

47. Small bottle in white enamel overlaid with ruby glass; goblet of ruby glass overlaid with white enamel; cup in white enamel glass with ‘ring’ base, 1815
Benedetto Barbaria (1784-1875)

Works by Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876), 1845-1848
Donated by the artist and Alessandro Zecchin

48. Part of a vase in polychrome granite glass
cl. VI n. 3126

49. Part of a vase in green granite glass
cl. VI n. 3128

50. Vase in polychrome granite glass
cl. VI n. 3127

51. Large vase in polychrome granite glass
cl. VI n. 3125

52. Vase in green granite glass
cl. VI n. 1690

53. Four small drinking glasses in polychrome granite glass
cl. VI nn. 3135, 3136, 3137, 3138

54. Three vases in granite glass of green, brick red and white sprayed with various colours
cl. VI nn. 3124, 3123, 1688

55. Large vase in red granite glass lined with blue
cl. VI n. 3131

56. Spherical vase in polychrome granite glass
cl. VI n. 3130

57. Two vases in pink granite glass
cl. VI nn. 3132, 1689

Works by Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876), 1845-1848
Donated by the artist and Alessandro Zecchin

58. Small vase and lid with segments of glass rods in polychrome filigree
cl. VI nn. 3208, 3092

59. Pommel in milled adventurine glass; paperweight with segments of glass rods in polychrome filigree
cl. VI nn. 3147, 3145

60. Two paperweights and a trial run of inlay with polychrome enamels and adventurine.
cl. VI nn. 3220, 3150, 3151

61. Couple of goblets in filigree of white and acquamarine threads
cl. VI nn. 3121, 3122

62. Pair of vases in white-thread filigree
cl. VI nn. 3105, 3106

63. Basket in weave filigree of red and adventurine
cl. VI n. 3064

64. A blackamoor candlestick dressed in garments of polychrome filigree
cl. VI n. 3142

65. Vase in white-thread filigree
cl. VI n. 3107

66. Coffeee pot in weave filigree of white and blue
cl. VI n. 3065

67. Small goblet in filigree of white and red threads; goblet in weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 3119, 3097

68. Candlestick in white spiral filigree with adventurine
cl. VI n. 1337

69. Pitcher in adventurine; cup in adventurine overlaid with blue glass
cl. VI nn. 3154, 3153

70. Vase in which polychrome glass rods alternate with spiral-motif rods
cl. VI n. 3079

71. Two drinking glasses in which polychrome glass rods alternate with spiral-motif rods
cl. VI nn. 1708, 3099

72. Two bottles with alternating polychrome glass rods
cl. VI nn. 3077, 1697

73. Two pitchers and a bottle of red featherwork on white enamel
cl. VI nn. 3081, 3084, 3076

74. Large vase in blue glass with sections of polychrome filigree rods and murrine
cl. VI n. 3149

75. Two bottles and a small vase in which polychrome glass rods alternate with spiral-motif rods.
cl. VI nn. 3074, 3005, 1711

Works by Pietro Bigaglia (1786-1876), 1845-1848
Donated by the artist and Alessandro Zecchin

76. Plaque with polychrome weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3055

77. Large windows glass with white, red and acquamarine weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3045

78. Small vase in red and crystal weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3062

79. Two vases and a bottle in white and yellow weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 3010, 3017, 3011

80. Bowl in white, green and red weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3004

81. Fruitstand in white, yellow and red weave filigree
cl. VI n. 1695

82. Large cup in acquamarine glass with weave filigree in white and adventurine
cl. VI n. 3012

83. Eight windows glasses in polychrome weave filigree,
cl. VI nn. 3032, 3023, 3031, 1702, 3035,
1709, 1701, 3046

84. Two bottles in white weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 3069, 3070

85. Two large drinking glasses in white and blue weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 3015, 3016

86. Two stoppered bottles. One in white and yellow weave filigree, the other in white and blue weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 1691, 1704

87. Two bottles in white, yellow and red weave filigree
cl. VI nn. 3013, 3018

88. Two vases with white weave filigree, one within turquiose glass, the other within yellow glass
cl. VI nn. 3009, 1696

89. Vase in blue weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3003

Works by Lorenzo Graziati, c.1850
Donated by the artist

90. Urn and lid, in filigree of turquiose, white and red glass rods
cl. VI n. 3087

91. Small tray in turquiose filigree
cl. VI n. 3022

92. Two cups and one saucer, in white thread filigree within turquoise
cl. VI nn. 3103, 3104

93. Two bottle stoppers (?) in white and green filigree
cl. VI nn. 3143, 3144

94. Bottle in pink, white and blue weave filigree
cl. VI n. 1710

95. Blue vase with white and blue weave filigree
cl. VI n. 1692

96. Tray in white and green filigree
cl. VI n. 3103

97. Amber glass vase with white weave filigree
cl. VI n. 3001

98. Goblet in white and turquiose filigree; drinking glass in acquamarine and white filigree
cl. VI nn. 3115, 3072

99. Vase in acquamarine and white filigree
cl. VI n. 3082

100. Drinking glass
cl. VI n. 3146

101. Bottle
cl. VI n. 1714