THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, GLASS COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum, in London

V&A Museum’s Foyer with a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture in the center

 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The glass collection covers 4000 years of glass making, and has over 6000 items from Africa, Britain, Europe, America and Asia. The earliest glassware on display comes from Ancient Egypt and continues through the Ancient Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance covering areas such as Venetian glass and Bohemian glass and more recent periods, including Art Nouveau glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Émile Gallé. The Art Deco style is represented by several examples by René Lalique. There are many examples of crystal chandeliers displayed in the British and Venetian galleries attributed to Giuseppe Briati dated c1750. The stained glass collection is possibly the finest in the world, covering the medieval to modern periods, with examples from Europe as well as Britain. Several examples of English 16th-century heraldic glass are displayed in the British Galleries. Many well-known designers of stained glass are represented in the collection including, from the 19th century: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. There is also an example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in the collection and other 20th-century designers.

Most of the glass pictures below are from the museum’s own web site.

Alembic cap 19th Centure

Bavaria tankard 1655

Beaker (passglas) 1650-1720

Beakers from German early 17th century

Bohemia, Czech Republic beakers 1616

Bohemia, Czech Republic glass vessels 1599

Calcedonio glass from Venice 1500-1520

Egyptian core-form glass 1336 BC-1213 BC

Egyptian core-formed unguent glass jar 1400 BC-1336 BC

Enamelled glass bottle, with pewter mount 18th Century USA or Germany

Filigree glass goblet from Venice 1600-1725

Filigree glass tazza from Venice 1550-1650

Filigree vase, Venetian glass; 1550-1625

Flute from Netherlands 1575-1625

Footed bowl from Venice last quarter 15th century – early 16th century

Footed glass bowl from Venice 1475-1525

German drinking cup 1650 – 1675

German siphon glass 1650-1720

Glass beakers found in England 6th century

Glass tazza from Venice 1550-1600

Goblet from London, England 1586

Goblet from Venice 1500-1550

Goblets, Italy (Venice), made by Salviat 1866

Horn, Netherlands (probably Middelburg or Antwerp), 1550-1600.

Ice-glass beaker from Netherlands 17th Century

Islamic bottle, glass with wheelcut facets with central roundels, 900-1000, Iran

Islamic glass Mosque lamp, Mamluk Egypt, 1382-1400

Krautstrunk beaker from German 15th century-early 16th century

Onion shaped wine bottle, England, 1710-1730

Over view of Frankish and Merovingian glass 2

Over view of Frankish and Merovingian glass

Part of the main glass gallery room 131

Roman glass 1st-2nd century 2

Roman Glass 1st-4th Century

Roman glass bottle 2nd century

Roman glass late 2nd century BC-1st century BC

Roman juglet from Sidon 1st Century Unknown Collection

Rosewater sprikler (almorratxa), Catalonia, Spain, 1550-1650

Ruby glass goblet with cover from Bohemia, Czech Republic mid 19th century

Ruby glass set from Germany 1700

Sculpture in Glass from Scotland 1991

Spainish glass vessels 16th-17th century

Stained glass panel, depicting Christ’s resurrection, Germany, c. 1540–42

The Luck of Edenhall, glass beaker, Syria, 13th century

Tiffany Favrille glass from USA

Water jug from Spain 17th-18th century

Whitefriars Tumblers 20th century

Wine glass Roemer with Rassberry Prunts, probably Netherlands, possibly engraved by G.V. Nes, 1650-1690

Wine Glass Facon de Venise

Wine glasses (Roemers), Germany or Netherlands, 1625-1699

Wine glasses from England 1759