Though stained glass was being made for church windows in Europe during the 12th century, it was not until the rise of Venetian glass makers in the 13th century that other items, such as vases and ...

We have several problems with this description. The first is the idea that the pieces are “hurricane lamps.” They are not. A hurricane lamp is an oil or paraffin lamp (or in some cases, a candlestick) ...

A Bohemian rhapsody in the Czech Republic is often played out in the sonatas of crystal, hitting crescendos with every exquisite piece, whether a waterfall of crystal drops, a crown, or a wild plant ...

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel [email protected] Dec 6, 2025 Dec 6, 2025 There are numerous ways to decorate glassware, and 19th-century Bohemian glass artists excelled in all of them. They ...

A 1930s Bavarian lamp, left, and late 1940s apothecary jars, right, catch the light as Bohemian glass and other art, from the late collector Gertrude Wabnig, lies ready for an estate sale conducted by ...

A beautiful light fixture acts as jewelry for the home; the gleam and shimmer of chandeliers is not dissimilar to that of a pair of dangling diamond earrings, and crystal pendants are often ...

Glassmaking traditions in northern Bohemia date back centuries, but Lasvit has figured out how to reinvent the craft in radically new ways. For the manufacturer’s Herbarium line—which encases twigs, ...