Lot (24) antique Czech red faceted glass bangles. Original Indian export box

Original Indian export box (24) antique Czech red faceted glass bangles. All made by hand by forming glass around a metal cylinder before slicing and faceting. Being handmade, the sizes will vary by a few millimetres. This is a rare original box with the original export label. We had to open the box to see the bangles, so the outer covering is torn.
Primarily these pieces were made for export to India as ritual items and ornaments. 
Great for any jewelry design project, earring hoops, ribbon decoration, chain connectors, Christmas ornaments, home decor or napkin rings.
      
Northern Bohemia circa 1900-20´s
Size: 48mm or 1.85" external diameter approx. 41mm; 1.6" internal diameter
Material: Glass
Condition: Excellent
Quantity: 24

The Gablonzers (glass makers from the Gablonz region of Czechoslovakia) had already long established trade links with the Indians but between 1870 and 1880 they became aware that Indians used glass bangles exclusively for ornament. The early bangles were elaborately decorated, cut and enamelled but they soon realised the market did not require such sophisticated bangles. Production soon split into the making of "common bangles" which required no cutting and bangles with far more elaborate designs. Lampwork bangles, made from highly patterned canes, were first created around 1908. The making of these simplified after the first world war and the heated cane was simply wound around a metallic core and the ends later joined together by cottage workers.  Sybille Jargstorf describes the Czech bangle industry in the book - Heritage of Bohemia on page 126. These were found in their original packaging, marked Bernstein.