Art glass with historical tradition

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This offer is a selection of a countless variety of shapes mainly of utility glass that used to be made in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the end of the 12th century up to the baroque. It truly reflects the corresponding historical period and the technical possibilities of those times. Glass used to be made in small and simple furnaces heated by wood and without a long-term experience, which resulted in improperly refined glass containing numerous blisters, veins and stones. Also the uneven quality of glass-making raw materials gave the products various colour tones that are nowadays so difficult to imitate. The blisters and veins were caused by the manufacturing processes of those times and are nowadays made artificially. Medieval state-of-the-art enabled the glassmakers to manufacture mainly thin glass, which is also a typical character of current art replicas. Nowadays, again we discover the charm of antique glass - it even makes a more lively and friendly impression than the modern and artificially clear glass of our times. It is a well-known fact that in the history, the glass manufacture of some types of glass achieved such perfection that it is hardly imitable even today using the most recent technologies. That is why antique glass, giving a romantic look back into the period of its initial manufacture, is massively appreciated. Hence, a plenty of glassmakers and manufacturers compete in making the truest replicas of antique glass. Apparently, owing to all historical, art and manufacturing circumstances, good imitations of medieval antique glass are becoming widely popular.

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Antique decorative Glass

This art glass is a selection of a countless variety of shapes mainly of utility glass that used to be made worldwide and in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from the end of the 12th century up to the baroque. It truly reflects the corresponding historical period and the technical possibilities of ...