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 borne 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 probably have had glass items.

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

All the glass in this catalogue is made 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 other aspects of history, fashions tended to change gradually and varied from region to region. Each glass blower differed slightly in style and execution and, as with these reproductions, no two pieces were exactly alike.

A quick reference date line is included in this catalogue. Some pieces fall into more than one category and are marked as multi-period.

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