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Art Nouveau German Metal Stamping and Rolling Mill Pattern Catalogue Josef Scheibler's Sohne 1910

21. 11. 2018, 16:37

We are delighted to have recently acquired three antique German jewelry design catalogues from the 1870's and early 1900's. This is the first of the three: Art Nouveau German Metal Stamping ...

The necklaces of Jakob Bengel

07. 11. 2018, 16:00

The necklaces of Jakob Bengel We recently acquired a lot of Art Deco necklaces from a long closed store in Jablonec nad Nisou (formerly known as Gablonz). Unusually for old Gablonz jewelry, they ...

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01. 02. 2021, 14:32

Czech glass seed bead size chart

We get asked a lot about Czech glass seed beads and their sizes and weights. Unlike new seed beads and Japanese seed beads, Czech vintage seed beads are very difficult to put into neat categories. They ...

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16. 07. 2020, 16:13

1930's catalogue "The crystal glassworks of A Mayer and Sohn

We recently managed to aquire a wonderful 1930's catalogue from the A Mayer and Sohn company of Oberkreibitz-Schönfeld, a region of the former Sudetenland, the historical German name ...

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21. 04. 2020, 15:56

Lampwork Czech glass flowers

A few years ago we were fortunate enough to acquire the entire contents of a former button making factory in the Czech Republic. Included in the lot were almost 1000kg of antique glass cane. This cane ...

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07. 06. 2019, 16:12

The Czech glass bangle industry

Adapted from "Baubles, Buttons and Beads" The Heritage of Bohemia by Sibylle Jargstorf. Well worth purchasing as a fantastic reference book. The Gablonzers (glass makers from the Gablonz region ...

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