8th-Century Glass Reveals the Earliest Venetian Glassmaking

8th-Century Glass Reveals the Earliest Venetian Glassmaking

The specific areas excavated on the island in the Venetian lagoon. Credit: Elisabetta Gliozzo / CC BY 4.0 New archaeological research is rewriting the timeline of Venetian glass. Evidence uncovered on the island of San Pietro di Castello, one of Venice’s oldest settlements, points to glass production as early as the 8th century. This discovery pushes back the history of the earliest Venetian glassmaking and places the city at the center of Medit…