Désiré vases
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]CHRISTIAN DÉSIRÉ VASE 1/4 20th century Colored glass in mass; free-blown; superimposed; interleaved decoration; modeled; etched with acids and on the wheel; hand-painted with enamel and colloidal gold[/stag_toggle] Georges Walter describes, in 1702, in the family chronicle, how his ancestors, who had a glass factory in Soucht, obtained authorization […]
The Paradisiac Muse
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Vase “THE PARADISE MUSE”Emil Gallé1895Colored, blown, layered, rip-striped glass; mineral intercalations[/stag_toggle] The personality of Emile Gallé (1846 – 1904) dominates the history of glassmaking art, not only from 1880 until the creator’s death in 1904, but also long after that, until the closure of the workshops that bore his name in 1936. With an artistic background, […]
Bavarian Cup
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]Bavarian workshop; 4/4 19th century; mass-colored glass, free-blown, pastillated, hand-painted with enamel; dimensions: I – 36.5 cm; D – 21.5 cm[/stag_toggle] A special place in the history of German glass art from the end of the 19th century is occupied by pieces decorated with polychrome enamel painting. The enamel is […]
Engagement Cup
The first Bohemian glassworks appeared in the 13th century, in the still virgin forests of the Ore Mountains and Lusatia, in the western Giant Mountains and on the Orlice hills. The glassworks in the Bohemian forests became important in the 17th century, when the quality of the products increased considerably with the contribution of craftsmen from Bavaria, Austria, […]
Caravel
[stag_toggle style=”normal” title=”Piece details” state=”closed”]CARAVELA, Atelier Salviati, Venice, 4/4th century 19th century Glass; mass-dyed; free-blown; fired; molded; gold-sprayed I: 39 cm; DB: 13 cm; L: 23 cm[/stag_toggle] Near Venice, on the island of Torcello, glass objects dating from the 7th-8th centuries AD were discovered. Venice’s trade […]
Drink Service
In the years 1830 – 1832, Aslan from Râşnov built a glassworks in the Azuga River meadow, for which he brought craftsmen from Bohemia. Thus was born one of the oldest glass factories in Romania, which experienced periods of prosperity and periods of crisis, as dictated by the economic conditions of an incipient industry. […]