Ref. 1896/1 & 1896/3

Bohemian Manufacture

Important Table Service

Czechoslovakia
20th Century

Crystal

Very important table service composed of 256 glasses, bowls, carafes and fruit baskets in blown crystal with a diamond point pattern enhanced with gold. The whole bears a coat of arms depicting an ostrich holding a horseshoe in its beak, surmounting a ducal crown.

Composition :

• 18 champagne glasses 
• 8 water glasses 
• 10 bourgogne glasses 
• 8 bordeaux glasses 
• 12 white wine glasses 
• 30 porto glasses 
• 22 fruit juice glasses
• 30 whisky glasses 
• 28 liquor glasses 
• 16 digestive glasses 
• 8 bread plates 
• 12 finger rinse cup 
• 10 broth bowl 
• 28 dessert cups
• 12 jam plates
• 2 carafes 
• 2 fruit baskets

It comes with 50 white porcelain plates with a gold thread with a lattice pattern.

Commentary

Bohemian crystal is a type of glass with a significant amount of lead oxide, as clear as rock crystal that produces a high quality crystal. In the course of the second half of the 14th century, the oldest Czech glassworks were manufacturing nearly pure crystal, with yellow and green reflections, as well as coloured glass, very popular during the Renaissance.
Bohemia excelled in crystal manufacturing particularly in the 18th century through the creativity and the high-level qualification of the workers, leaving in the shade Venetian glassmakers who until then were unrivalled. Many of them came in Western Europe and brought their technics.