Glass beads from the cargo of the ship sunk at the islet of Gnalić in the year of 1583

Prevozeći dragocjeni teret iz Venecije u Carigrad, mletački trgovački brod pod zapovjedništvom kapetana Alvisea Finardija potonuo je 1583. godine u blizini otočića Gnalića, gdje se u današnje vrijeme odvijaju sustavna arheološka istraživanja. Među bogatim teretom stakla, istaknuli su se nalazi staklenih perlica nastalih u poznatim staklarskim radionicama otočića Murana. Metodologijom rada na staklenim perlicama s Gnalića ustanovljeno je kako su nastale tehnikom izvlačenja, popularnom tijekom 16. i 17. stoljeća. Osim Venecije, postojao je niz drugih europskih proizvođača staklenih perlica. Staklene perlice su jedan od važnijih indikatora koji nam sugeriraju kuda su kroz prošlost tekle ranonovovjekovne plovidbene rute jer se pronalaze svugdje po svijetu. Staklenim perlicama kitile su se dame i gospoda ranonovovjekovnog društva te pripadnici domorodačkih plemena na novoosvojenim područjima od strane europskih kolonizatora. Nažalost, perlice s Gnalića nisu nikada stigle prema svome odredištu Carigradu i okitile jednu od osmanskih dama, ali zato krase muzejske vitrine i omogućuju nam proučavati proizvodnju staklenih ukrasa u vrijeme kasne renesanse.Carrying a precious cargo from Venice to Carigrad the Venetian merchant ship under the comand of captain Alvise Finardi sunk in the year of 1583, near the isle of Gnalić, where systematic archeological research is taking place today. Amongst the rich cargo of glass, glass beads were highlighted, made in the famous glass workshops of the Murano islet. Methodological elaboration found that glass beads from Gnalić shipwreck were created by drawing technique, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition to Venice there were also a numerous of other European manufacturers who did glass beads. Glass beads are one of the most important indicators that suggest us where through the past they ran Early Modern waterways because they were found everywhere in the world. Glass beads were worn by ladies and gentlemen of an Early Modern society and also by members of native tribes in newly-established areas by European colonists. Unfortunately, the Gnalić beads were never delivered to Constantinople, and consenquently, never adorn one of Ottoman Empire ladies. Today Gnalić glass beads enrich display cases of museum exhibition, providing a possibility to study glass ornament from the Late Renaissance period