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WINE GLASSES

Wine glasses come first to mind when one thinks of fine crystal and the Czech crystal workers art is perhaps best displayed in this stunning work.

Wine, white or red, can hardly be more elegantly served. Perfect for wedding gifts, a housewarming or just to have in your own home when a bottle of your favorite wine is appropriate.

We are proud to bring to the world these wonderful examples of what can be done with molten glass, worked, stretched, turned and drawn into stunning gift glass---whether the gift is for a lover, dear friend or merely yourself. Gaze through it and wonder how it's done.

Every piece in our collection is made entirely by hand, by craftsmen who trace their crystal working ancestry back for centuries, often in the same villages where they now live and work. We see them working the glass, young and old in leather aprons or shorts and running shoes, several generations side by side are reflected in the glare of the kiln.

Czech crystal, the presentation gift of kings for more than six centuries will remain in 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.

All our crystal comes directly from workshops in the Czech Republic. Shipped to you by air from Prague, allowing us to sell premium quality crystal at surprisingly affordable prices.

Perhaps, no other country in the world can point to as long a tradition of glassmaking as the modern day Czech Republic. Extensive regions within Bohemia and Moravia continue to remain centers of Czech glassmaking and manufacture. From the earliest days, Czech glass set the tone in European, and world glassmaking.

The oldest discovery of glass beads within the Czech Republic dates from the early bronze age, when this territory was populated by Celts who knew the technology of glassmaking and enamel. Archeological testimony confirms that glass beads were very popular in those times and apparently, Benedictine monasteries were engaged in the manufacture of glass as well. The range of medieval glass was surprisingly rich and includes graceful transparent glasses decorated with beads. The spectacular glass mosaic "Day of Judgment," which adorns the golden gate of St.Vitus’s Cathedral in Prague, confirms the extreme delicacy and craftsmanship of medieval Czech glassmaking.