LOETZ AND GLASS

Useful Links

http://sites.google.com/site/loetzglass  Collection belonging to David Littlefield, without whose continuous help this website would not have been possible!
 
http://sites.google.com/site/bohemianglassandmore  The collection of Warren Gallé. Also a contributor to this website.
 
www.loetz.com The premier internet source in English for Loetz, Rindskopf, Kralik and Pallme-König glass, designed and created by Eddy Scheepers, from Belgium.
 
 http://WWW.MADFORGLASS.ES One of the few collections of Czech art glass to be found in Spain. Owner: Rosa Maria Tomas.
 
http://www.soic.com 
Link to the Society of Inkwell Collectors, whose members have been so helpful in my research on Czech glass inkwells.

www.czechcollectors.org 
Link to the Czech Collectors Association.

http://www.geocities.com/carni_glass_uk_2000/home.html
For those who want to find out more about the fascinating connection between Joseph Rindskopf and England, and Rindskopf's production of carnival glass, there is no better site than Glen and Steve Thistlewood's website. This clears up why so much Rindskopf glass appears with British hallmarks!

http://www.studiolx.com/thick-glass-info.html Link to the homepage of the Beranek factory. Emanuel Beranek, in the early 1940's, rediscovered bubbly glass, and the rest is glass history! 

http://picasaweb.google.hu/v.dokupil/TangoGlassesCzechGlassesAndNotReallyCzechGlassesO?feat=directlink
Viktoria Dokupil, from Hungary, is a passionate collector of Tango and silver overlay Czech glass.

http://www.huubgeurts.com  Jackie and Huub Geurts, from the Netherlands, sold me some of my best WMF Ikora glass, and now have a website where you can view what they have for sale.

http://www.imperialartglass.com/  An indispensable introduction to Imperial Freehand and Lead Lustre lines by Ernie Albanese, a long-time Imperial collector.

http://www.antiquexplorer.com  The antiques magazine America needs but does not have . . . since it appears in the UK!  But you can get it through E-Bay.
 

http://www.glasscollector.net  Brian Severn's website.  He conducts the Harrach Project.  Great pictures of the Passau Museum.

http://sites.google.com/site/loetzect/  Tony Abatte's website.  Pure Loetz eye candy!

http://www.great-glass.co.uk/library/lib1c.htm Philip Petrides' great photo reference libary, an indispensable research tool.

There are three contemporary Czech glass artists, Vaclav Stepanek, Igor Muller, and Jan Zeman, who are currently making their own versions of traditional Loetz shapes.  You can view Muller's output at:
http://www.glassmuller.com/secese-en.html

You can also view reproductions of Loetz'  Hoffman and Bolek cameo glass made by Sbynek Votocek at:
http://zbynekvotocek.com/index.php?p=catalogue&lang=eng&music=on