Five drawers, honestly labeled
Type is the collector's first sorting principle, and the most useful one: the material tells you how a piece was made, how it ages, and what it needs from you. Where a drawer of the Cabinet is thin on our own shelves, the page says so plainly rather than borrowing someone else's photographs. Companion reading lives in Ornament History and Countries of Origin; the subject-first view has its own shelves; and the hunt itself is covered in Hunting Vintage.
Blown Glass
From the Lauscha workshops to the machine lines of the American century: the type that defines the form.
Open the drawer →Figurals
Birds, whales, Santas, pinecones, and every other shape glass has been persuaded into.
Open the drawer →Beaded
Bohemian beadwork strung on wire: geometric stars and baskets from the glass-bead country.
Open the drawer →Wood & Erzgebirge
The German mountain villages that turned from mining to woodcraft, and the turned-and-painted pieces they still make.
Open the drawer →Kugels
The heavy early glass that started it all: thick walls, brass caps, and a reproduction problem worth knowing about.
Open the drawer →