The Different Styles of Antique Glassware By Location

Antique glassware is popular with collectors all over the world, and when you first start to collect these types of antiques, as with anything else, there is much to learn. You can get a lot of knowledge through experience visiting dealers and antique fairs and build on this by asking lots of questions. 

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If you are new to antique glassware and want to increase your knowledge, below are some of the most popular areas of the world where antique glassware is collected.

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is an area of Europe that comprises of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Denmark, and has been known for making glass for hundreds of years. You often get brightly coloured glass from this part of the world and there are many notable manufacturers that are popular with antique collectors, such as: 

• Alsterfors Glass
• Ekenas Glass
• Hadeland Glass 
• Magnor Glass
• Riihimaki Glass

British Glass

British glass has been made for longer than in Scandinavia, with the process dating back to the 16th century when the manufacturing process was perfected. You can find many antique dealers in London and throughout the country that will have a wide variety of different glassware for sale, and it is available in all sorts of styles and designs. Some of the most popular manufacturers with collectors are: 

• Caithness Glass
• Heron Glass
• Liskeard Glass
• Strathearn Glass
• Whitefriars Glass 

Czech & Bohemian Glass

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Dating back further than British glass, Czech and Bohemian glass has been made in the area since the 13th century, which means there are antiques available to buy which are hundreds of years old. Bohemia is an area which was absorbed and called Czechoslovakia in 1918, and then the Czech Republic in 1993. Below are some of the most common manufacturers that collectors like: 

• Borske Glass
• Harrachov Glass
• Libochovice Glass 
• Mstisov Glass
• Zelezny Brod Glass 

German & Austrian Glass

Germany and Austria are not as historical in the making of their glass, but you do find that they produced a lot of the Art Deco and Art Nouveau pieces from the last century in this area. There is a lot of German and Austrian glassware available in antique shops all over Europe, and popular manufacturers are:

• Bimini/Lauscha Glass
• Friedrich Glass 
• Ingrid Glass
• Oberglas Glass 
• Walther Glass 

Italian Glass

Italy has a much older history when it comes to glassware, and they have been producing high-quality glass since 1291 in the Murano area of the country, and island close to Venice. Another famous area for glassware that is just as historic is Empoli, which is a small town that is near Florence in the Tuscany region of the country. Italy has a wide and varied selection of different types of glassware, and many manufacturers that are highly collectable. Some of the most collected manufacturers are as follows:

Empoli	Murano
Cristalleria Betti Glass	Carlo Moretti Glass
Stelvia Glass	Fratelli Toso Glass
V.B. Opaline Florence	Galliano Ferro Glass
Empoli Cased Glass	Salviati Glass
Empoli Verde Glass	Vetro Artistico Veneziano

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These are some of the most common glassware with collectors across Europe. If you are starting a collection, there is a lot to choose from when deciding what to collect. Do your research, know the value, and buy what you like, and you will soon build a collection that will be the envy of others.

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