Germanic & Northern European Glass Photos

Original images of Germanic, Austrian, Low Country and Russian glass objects in museums. These photos are posted for educational purposes only.

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Roman Empire Glass Roman green glass bowl found in Oberstimm fort at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany Roman glass amphora found in Lauingen at Bavarian State Archaeological Collection. Munich, Germany Ancient Roman Vasa Diatreta or cage cup with Greek inscription on rim & outer tracery in colored relief at Roman Germanic Museum. Köln, Germany
Early Germanic Prunt & Thumb Glasses (Daumenglas) (1500-1600s) Glass claw beaker from Nettersheim, North Rhine-Westphalia at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany German Forest Glass Krautstrunk beakers with prunts & goblet at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Glass thumb glass with finger grips from Germany at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany
Roemer Glasses (1640s-mid 1700s) Netherlands glass Roemer with Joshua & Caleb at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY German glass Roemers including one with hunting scene & one giant at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Covered Römer goblet with Hamburg coat-of-arms at Hamburg History Museum. Hamburg, Germany
German & Bohemian Glass Humpen (1550-1800s) Bohemian glass Humpen, with Ages of Women design & Humpen with Hunting scene at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Green glass electors humpen from Franconia at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Landgrave's tankard from Hesse at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany
German Imperial Eagle Glass Humpen (1600s) (Reichsadler Humpen) Enameled glass humpen with arms of Holy Roman Empire from Germany at Louvre Museum. Paris, France Enameled glass Imperial humpen at Imperial Castle. Nuremberg, Germany Bohemian Imperial eagle beaker at Chrysler Museum of Art. Norfolk, VA
Winged goblets with snakes or seahorses on stems (Flügelglas) (1600s-1700s) Large engraved snake glasses from Germany or Netherlands at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Low countries goblets at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Venetian dragon-stem goblet at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
Northern Europe & Germanic Drinking Glasses (Beakers) (late 1600s- present) Central German beaker on ball feet with engraving of Holy Roman emperor at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Glass vessels from Bohemia at Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain Bohemian Biedermeier glass overlay beaker with portrait sulphide , beaker with Chinoiserie & beaker probably by Neuwelt glassworks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
German Trick Glasses (late 1600s - early 1700s) Clear blown trick glass with stag siphon from Germany at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany German trick goblet at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Germanic trick glass & glass drinking boot at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
Germanic Glass Beer Steins (Krug) (1700s on) Bohemian or German glass beaker with St. Christopher & covered tankard with Baptism of Christ at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Dark blue glass tankard with pewter cover from Bohemia at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Two-colored krug where outer blue color is cut away & etched to show military rider from northern Bohemia at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany
Germanic Glass Covered Goblets (Pokals) (late 1500s on) Glass cup pokal from Tirol painted in Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Glass covered pokal with engraved colored stained roundels from Bohemia at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Collection of engraved German pokals at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany
Germanic Stemmed Goblets & Wine Glasses Bohemian glass covered hunting goblets at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Gilded blue glass goblet engraved with profile of Frederick the Great from Potsdam at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Cut glass goblet by Steinschönau or Haida of Czech Republic at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany
Germanic Glass Bottles & Pitchers Large ruby glass flask with gilded stopper from Bohemia or southern Germany at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany German glass bottle with Four Seasons probably from Brandenburg at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Glass bottle in shape of hare at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany
German Stained Glass Death on Horseback stained glass by Albrecht Dürer & Veit Hirsvogel elder at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany Glass roundel with portrait of Margaret of Austria probably from Low Countries at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Stained glass window with family arms at Gottorf Palace. Schleswig, Germany
Various Germanic Antique & Modern Glass Objects Two tall cylindrical German glass Paßgläser with lines which marked volume of beer to drink at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany Glass bowl with blossom decor by Karl Schmoll made by Ferdinand von Poschinger of Buchenau at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany Glass vase with elephant design by Glashütte Valentin Eisch KG, of Frauenau at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany
Bohemian & Czech Glass (manufacturing region) Bohemian glass plaque probably by Georg Schwanhardt the Elder of Prague at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Bohemian glass vessels with Schwarzlot enameling by Ignaz Preissler at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Red glass, marble & goldwork lidded box with under plate from Bohemia at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany
Glass from the Bohemian, Czech towns of Kamenický Šenov (German: Steinschönau) + Nový Bor (German: Haida) Bohemian glass Lithyalin vase & covered box by Friedrich Egermann of Haida & Bohemian Octopus vase by Johann Loetz Witwe glassworks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Art Nouveau glass vase with Salamanders by Nový Bor School of Bohemia at Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile, AL Glass covered beaker by Steinschönau of Bohemia at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany
Johann Loetz Witwe Artglass, Bohemia (1836-1947) Viennese glass Titania vase by Leopold Bauer of Johann Loetz Witwe exhibited at 1906 world's fair in Milan at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Art Nouveau tulip glass with floral metal mounting by Johann Lötz Witwe of Klostermuhle, Bohemia at Bavarian National Museum. Munich, Germany Glass vase by Johann Lötz Witwe of Czech Republic at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany
Josef Hoffmann Glass (1909-20s) Glass mug by Josef Hoffmann, made by J.&L. Lobmeyr of Vienna at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Glass Champagne bowl by Josef Hoffmann, made by J.&L. Lobmeyr of Vienna at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Viennese glass bowl with rural landscape by Josef Hoffmann of Wiener Werkstätte at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
Otto Prutscher Glass (1909-16) Glass liqueur set by Otto Prutscher of Vienna, Austria at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI Viennese wineglasses with feet of links by Otto Prutscher at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Cut glass goblet with stem of links by Otto Prutscher for Meyr's Neffe of Austria at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany
Lobmeyr Glass, Vienna (1870s-1920s) Viennese mosque lamp by Johann Machytka & Franz Schmoranze for J.&L. Lobmeyr at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Glass plate enameled as gift to Belgian King Leopold II on 50th birthday by Joseph & Ludwig Lobmeyr of Austria as worked by Anton Ambrosius Egermann of Czech Republic at Coburg Castle. Coburg, Germany Jugendstil glass vase by Michael Powolny for either JL Lobmeyr of Vienna or Johann Loetz Witwe of Klostermuhle, Bohemia at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland
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