![]() ![]() Another example of classic Bohemian glass technology is overlay glass, cut to reveal the underlying color(s). Nor has the white, high enamel technique depicting human, animal and floral motifs (painters call this high enamel "plastic"). Some of the Egermann-style, red-stained engraved glass has changed very little in the past 100 or more years. ![]() Art glass galleries also include products designed by top glass artists but produced in smaller glass houses, such as that of Beranek or Ajeto.Ĭzech glass companies keep glass products in production for many years. If you visit any large showroom in the Czech Republic today, you will find designs by such avant-garde artists as Vladimir Klein (Crystalex), Erika Houserova and JíYí Suhajek (Moser), and Paval Hlava (Egermann Company). Research facilities constantly produce new formulas and techniques for the entire spectrum of the glass industry: industrial, laboratory, architectural and hollow glass. Glass school students are well grounded in 18 th and 19 th century techniques, as well as those that are the most advanced. ![]() We have said many times that the Bohemian glass industry keeps one eye on the past and one eye on the future. As Ronald Reagan used to say: "Trust, but verify." But an uninformed or dishonest seller can pass replicas off as vintage. We use the term "replica" to describe glass that is a copy of an older design, with no intent to deceive the buyer–usually there is some small difference between them. Bohemian Glass Reproductions of Old Designsĭefining "reproduction," "replica" and "vintage" glass is a challenge in itself. ![]()
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