We supply hand blown historical glass to museums, historical sites and re-enacters across the UK and abroad.

All our glass is produced in Bohemia (Czech Republic) which has been a centre of excellence for glass since the 14th century.

Our product range covers the 1st to the 20th centuries and includes many archetypal styles as well as copies of archaeological finds.

  The Technique of glass making seems to have been first discovered around 3000 B.C. But the craft of glass blowing was developed by the Syrians in the 1st century B.C.

"Forest" glass or "Waldglas" has a characteristic green tinge resulting from the use of bracken and wood ash in the manufacturing process.  This was the common type of glass in northern Europe during the middle ages due to the large areas of forest available for its production.

Despite popular belief glass has been in common use from the Roman period to the present day, this is bourne out by the many archaeological finds, of all periods,throughout Britain.

Although some glass, especially Venetian, was expensive all but the poorest of households would have had glass items.

This point is illustrated by William Harrisons "Description of England (1577). He wrote"the poorest will also have glass if they may; but since the Venetian is somewhat too deere for them they content themselves with such as are made at home from ferne and burned stone".

All the glass in this catalogue is produced in Bohemia (Czech Republic) from historical designs and is hand blown and hand decorated.

The dates are provided as a general guideline, as with all aspects of history, fashion tended to change gradually and varied from region to region. Each glassblower differed slightly in style and execution and, as with these reproductions, no two pieces were exactly alike.

Please contact us before ordering to check availablity from stock and postal charges. We will advise you on how long delivery times for any out of stock items will be as these are variable.

Prices are correct at time of publication, but may be subject to change.