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Antique glass bottles
In ancient times, simple shapes were made which were mostly Antique glass
bottles, bottles, flacons and carafes, and less often, bowls and goblets.
Most of historical antique glass bottle shapes were imitated from ceramics.
The Antique glass bottles were very
expensive and represented the wealth of its owner. Bottles and flacons
were used for perfumed oils, perfumes, etc. while bowls were used to decorate
the tables and the small goblets were used to drink from. The ceramics
were mainly used and the glass was used only for special occasions.
Baroque Art Overview:
Stylistic and art basis of Baroque, Baroque art can already be sought in the mannerism
of the court art of historical epoch of Emperor Rudolph II. As a style of art, it
was closely linked with reformation ideology, however, the Baroque art asserted
itself in Central Europe only as late as in the second half of the 17th century,
after the end of The Thirty Year War and victory of Catholicism, represented by
the Hapsburg dynasty.
Peoples’ self-confidence and faith in their previous values were shattered
by chaos, discrepancies and suffering caused by the Thirty Years War.
That was the environment in which the Bohemian Baroque art was born, which made
it its aim to stun with splendor and dazzle with exalted movement. Except for
ostentatious beauty, the Baroque art compositions celebrating the Lord and the
saints reflected human feelings.
All that, was reflected in its way and also in
the art of glassmaking. New baroque art style was influenced by the invention
of engraving, linked up with the tradition of the glyptiz
(cutting or engraving in stone). It is assumed, that the crystal was engraved for
the first time at the court of Emperor Rudolph II.
Masters from
Netherlands influenced shapes of historical Bohemian Baroque art cups. They worked in
Count Buquoy’s works at Dobrá Voda in the Nove Hrady estate in South
Bohemia. They brought with them the shape of the spherical cup on the tall,
slender foot consisting of several successive nodes of Venetian provenance,
which was later copied in the Netherlands.
In the beginning of the 18th century, the shape of the goblets
changed. The actual cup was taller, more-like conical shaped, while the foot was
shorter, and very often decorated with facet cut (cutting of flat surfaces -
facets). Very often, the goblets were with lids (so-called “Balustroid goblet
style” ) and appeared for the first time in Sumava region in south-western
Bohemia. The diamond engraving made it possible.
In the second half of the 17th century, the goblets were usually
decorated with the late Renaissance compositions of birds or other animals
situated in a simple landscape (represented by simple geometrical shapes),
hunting scenes and less often figural motifs. Greater differentiation of motifs,
as well as the improvement of the quality of the engraved décor, took place
after 1700. The
resulting impression fully respected the Baroque artistic feeling with its play
of light and shade, excessive ornaments, folded draperies, and yet it was bright
and linearly clear.
Baroque art also brought new shapes of hollow crystal. Apart from
standard glasses, bottles and beakers, there were also
representative pieces – conical or slender flutes. A boat shaped cup
was characteristic (intended for sweets) or various peculiar bottles. The
shape was actually very simple, in order to afford a maximum of surface for
exacting engraving and cutting. Cut engraved Baroque art was not the
only type produced in Bohemia.
The production of double-walled flutes is a
testament of the advanced technology of Bohemian glassmaking.
The idea to make
double-walled glass was not new, having appeared already in the Antiquity. The
manufacture was described in some theoretical writings but it was brought to
perfection in so far unknown glassworks of northern Bohemia in the first half of
the 18th century.
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