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Traditional quality, contemporary designs, unusual colors
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Traditional quality, contemporary designs, unusual colors |
We are now in the process of improving and expanding our business, moving to a new location as well as building a new, more efficient, website. We're unable to fulfill your orders until October 1st, 2008. Please come back in the fall! Jim and Michaela Freeman |
A unique gift Glass Gallery selections, something not everyone gives, something well out of the ordinary. We have found the best crystal available in the heart of Europe. Heirloom quality crystal, classic or contemporary, is a truly unique gift. You cannot go wrong with crystal for a treasured gift Consider a half-dozen (or, better yet, a full dozen) exquisite wine goblets for your gift giving. You'll be remembered every time they're used. We also offer a stunning collection of fine leaded crystal vases at varying prices to fit your budget. An affordable gift of fine Czech crystal All our crystal comes directly from workshops in the Czech Republic. Shipped to you by air, directly from Prague, allowing us to sell premium quality crystal at surprisingly affordable prices. To save even more, select from our Monthly Special. Twelve times yearly, you'll save $20. Hand made means so much in a mass produced world Every piece in our collection is made entirely by hand, by craftsmen who trace their crystal working ancestry back through generations, often in the same villages where they now live and work. Young and old, whether in leather aprons or shorts and running shoes, several generations working side by side reflect in the glare of the kiln. Heirloom crystal from centuries of fine crystal tradition The gift of kings for more than six centuries carries through to your family as a valued heirloom. This enduring tradition of craftsmanship assures you've made the right choice, sets you apart from the ordinary and shows you know your way around the world of fine craftsmanship. There's still time to make your selections and have them delivered by air mail We can have your choices at your door, shipped directly from the Czech
Republic, in a matter of approximately a five to ten business days.
Feel Bohemian delivers old world craft on a new world schedule. Central European (Czech) glass can be found in Corinthian excavations from the 11th and 12th centuries. These primitive styles spread through Italy, east to Istria and.north to Germany and Holland. At that time, the production of arts and crafts ceased to be the sole preserve of monasteries. Kilns began to be built in forests, as workers required vast quantities of wood to feed their furnaces. The darkest and most extensive forests were colonized in this hungry quest. These glassworks produced "forest glass" of a green shade, caused by imperfect refining of raw the materials, potash and quartz sand. Potash was gleaned from the ashes of burned wood and used as a melting material instead of soda. Potash glass is typical of this Central European area. In the 16th century, glass inspired by the Venetian Renaissance was produced for German and Italian markets.
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