Glass and Crystal | Czech Glass in Prague
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The Czech Republic is famous for its production of fine art glass. Just take a look around you and you will notice that almost every tourist shop sells Czech glass and crystal in styles ranging from lovely glass beaded necklaces to Czech crystal vases, wine glasses, champagne flutes and more, the list goes on. The companies that continue to wow us are the world renowned Moser, established by Ludwig Moser in 1857 and still considered one of the best Czech glass producers and Swarovski, famous for high end crystal glamour. The sought after and renowned Czech glass designers Rony Plesl, Jiří Pelcl and Olgoj Chorchoj are splendid designers to look out for as their products capture the true beauty of traditional high quality Czech glass in classic and modern designs. The Května Glass Factory is also another star to look out for if you are looking for high quality design glass. If you are searching for Czech crystal or Czech design glass have a look at our recommended Czech crystal and glass shops in Prague listed below.
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Dox by Qubus
Located in the Dox Center for Contemporary Art in Holesovice is Dox by Qubus, a unique design boutique in the city of Prague. The Qubus design studio was created in 2002 by Jakub Berdych and Maxim Velcovsky who decided to establish a multidisciplinary stage for exploring, experimenting...
Rony Plesl Studio
Rony Plesl is one of the best and most famous Czech product designers. This designer and sculptor is known mainly in the field of glass design and for his original glass and stone sculptures. He is also involved with interior design and drawing. Rony Plesl graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague where he has been working as the head of the Glass Studio since 2008. In 2002 he founded the Rony Plesl, s.r.o....
Pelcl Studio
Founded in 1990 the Pelcl Studio is a foremost design studio in the Czech Republic. Many years of experience for the main personality of the studio, professor and architect Jiří Pelcl, as well as implemented projects of other members MgA. Petr Mikošek and MgA. David Crla ensures the certainty of high-quality products and upmost satisfaction for clients. The Pelcl Studio deals with furniture, glass and porcelain design, residential...
Olgoj Chorchoj
The Prague studio Olgoj Chorchoj is known for its innovative design that has been presented with many awards and whose designers have gained acknowledgment not only among experts and the general public in the Czech Republic, but also outside of the country. From the very beginning the work of the architectural-designer studio that was founded in...
Artěl
ARTĚL absolutely fills a niche in the luxury crystal market not only in Prague but also throughout the world as their work is carried in stores ranging from Bergdorf Goodman in New York to Christian Dior in Paris. ARTĚL focuses on mouth-blown hand-decorated crystal for the table and home, and while certainly decorative, all pieces are intended to be functional. ARTĚL’s claim to fame is that they create the drink sets for the...
Erpet Crystal
Located directly across from the world famous Astronomical Clock, Erpet Bohemia Crystal is a crystal megastore in the center of Prague. After viewing the hourly chime, pop into this massive store and purchase a little something for you and your family to cherish for generations to come. Erpet Bohemia Crystal sells top quality Bohemian crystal, pressed lead crystal, color cut crystal, chandeliers, Moser, Goebel porcelain, Czech garnets,...
Bořek Šípek Collection
The Bořek Šípek Collection is a lovely and unique collection of glass objects including vases, light fixtures and chandeliers, tables, bowls and more. Created by Bořek Šípek, the design glass is top quality and will definitely add some drama and color to any household. Born in Prague, Bořek Šípek is a respected architect and designer who is known throughout...
Crystalite Bohemia Glassworks
Founded in 1967 as a consortium of Bohemia glass companies in the Českomoravská vysočina area, Crystalite Bohemia Glassworks is sold all over the world and enjoys well deserved branded success due to the high quality glass products designed and produced at the factory. Glass production in this area dates back to the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries and it is clear from the quality and quantity of glassware made in this area that...
Burda Art Studio
Blacksmith and glassblower Rudolf Burda from Mladá Boleslav specializes in modern artistic blacksmithing and free creation while using steel, stainless steel, hand-blown and cast glass and enamel. He inherited his relationship to handicraft work from his ancestors – his grandfather and father were upholsterers and they also had a blacksmith in the family. Since 1991, Rudolf Burda has specialized in combining metal and hand-blown...
Material
In the historic Ungelt Courtyard located behind the imposing Gothic beauty of Tyn Church is Material, a glass design shop that sells gorgeous handmade glass in an equally beautiful setting. The shop is quite large and is situated in a Renaissance building that has been lovingly renovated with the esthetics of beauty in mind. The space showcases dark gray walls and vaulted ceilings with gorgeous wooden shelves that display the splendid...
Martin Žampach
The young Czech designer Martin Žampach specializes mainly in industrial design, but follows also the glassblowing tradition of his family, which he enhances by his experience and sense for timeless design. In the field of product and industrial design Martin Žampach designs for his company clients competitive design that will help them get ahead of their rivals. He puts emphasis on smart solutions that will help companies reduce...
Moser
Moser Glass sets the standard for high quality glass world round. The company is based in Karlovy Vary, but the city of Prague features two lovely Moser stores, both located in the Old Town, one on Old Town Square, and one on the main shopping artery of Na Prikope. The company was established in 1857 in the then Austro-Hungarian town of Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) by Ludwig Moser, a Jewish German-Bohemian. After two World Wars and Communism...
Swarovski
Swarovski Crystal Headquarters is located in Austria, but Daniel Swarovski, founder of the company and inventor of the revolutionary glass-cutting machine in 1892 that made Swarovski a luxury goods empire, was actually from northern Bohemia. Having started the company in 1895, Daniel Swarovski then established a crystal-cutting factory in Tyrol, in order to take advantage of the hydroelectricity he was not getting in northern Bohemia....
Modernista
Modernista specializes in Czech design and decorative arts. Located close to Old Town Square in a Baroque palace in the historical center of Prague, Modernista has found fame and acclaim since its foundation in 1999, having been featured regularly in Czech and international design magazines. The selection offered in the Modernista design shop is varied and wide with Czech Cubist ceramics (reproductions from their Cubist Collection),...
The Riedel Wine Glass Company
Located in the Slovansky Dum shopping center is the Riedel Wine Glass Company. The Riedel Wine Glass Company is a family run company that dates back over 300 years, which has enjoyed immense success for their quality glassware. For eleven generations the Riedel Wine Glass Company has operated on the wine glass market producing quality wine glasses that will last a lifetime. It was not though until Claus Riedel that the company became...
Verreum
The VERREUM brand presents design glass that combines old glassmaking techniques used in the territory of the Czech Republic for many centuries with the contemporary designs of the foremost Czech and foreign designers. VERREUM was created by the SPACE CZ Company for the purpose of promoting and selling Czech hand-made glass both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Glass gems in the form of vases, bowls or lighting can be found side-by-side...
Zuzana Kynčlová
The young Czech designer Zuzana Kynčlová deals mainly with the design of glass objects for interiors that border on applied art and fine arts and glass jewelry in combination with other materials. She uses mainly the technique of mold melted and cut glass or metallurgical glass that she decorates with animal motifs that are created with a glass powder. Zuzana focuses on shape, color, scale and proportions of her objects that excel...
Qubus
Founded in 2002 by Jakub Berdych and Maxim Velcovsky, Qubus is a studio and design shop. The purpose in establishing the Qubus design studio was to offer a non-standard studio and shop that presents mainly the best of the best contemporary Czech and conceptual design to the public in the Czech Republic and abroad. Nowadays the award-winning Qubus design studio also focuses on interior architecture and graphic design. This whimsical...
Května Glass Factory
In an area of the Czech Republic adorned with Beech trees on an ancient trade route that once led to Budapest and under the Javorníky Mountains (the White Carpathians), is the Května Glass Factory, whose products are sold in the Květná factory shop and in Prague's design shops. Květná Glass Factory is the oldest functioning Moravian glass factory that has been producing fine glass products ever since 1794. Květná Glassworks is famous...
Futurista Universum
In the center of the Old Town district in Prague, opposite the Bethlehem Chapel and next to the Architect Club restaurant you can find the recently opened Futurista Universum, a fascinating combination of design shop and cultural center. Futurista not only sells the best of Czech...
Celetna Crystal
Located on the ancient thoroughfare of Celetna is the massive Celetna Crystal shop. This virtual crystal superstore features three floors of glittering and iridescent glass pieces that are impressive enough to make you want to take home at least 3 heavy intricate pieces. Almost every shop in the center of Prague offers glass products to prospective buyers, however, Celetna Crystal sells only top quality products from established producers...
Kubista
Located on the ground floor of the superior Cubist House at the Black Madonna in the center of Prague is the Kubista design shop. This shop is not only wonderful in the fact that it is located in one of the most famous Cubist structures in the world, but also because the shop offers unique Czech Cubist and Art Deco meticulously restored originals...
Blue Praha
Blue Praha is convenient with several locations throughout the city (including two airport shops) and good prices to match. If you wish to take home handmade glass from the Czech Republic, this is the store where you will find less expensive, more modern glassware than the traditional Czech designs. You can find the perfect gift to take home with you at Blue Praha whether it is stemware, a vase, a charming glass animal, a glass decoration...
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