THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, GLASS COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
The Victoria and Albert Museum
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
Thank you for all your hard work and effort to educate me. There are some amazing pieces here!