The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection of Glass

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Nico F. Bijnsdorp

The diversity of the numerous, sometimes contrasting characteristics of glass created my fascination for it as a material. After having built up a collection of modern glass sculptures from modern, living artists (Chihuly, Libensky, Tagliapietra/Copier, Vizner, Fujita, Meitner, Zoritchak) I switched over in 1995 to collect ancient glass. Since then I built up a collection of over 300 objects, covering a period of over 1,500 years, from the 7th century BC till the 6th century AD. Almost any technique, application, tooling, decoration, colour and form that existed in this period of time is represented in the collection, that can be seen on the site http://www.blurb.com where I published my catalogue.” Link to catalogue http://www.blurb.com/b/1782488-fascinating-fragility

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NFB 377 BOWL WITH COLORED BLOBS AND TRAIL

WONDERFUL ANCIENT GLASS EXHIBITION AT RMO IN LEIDEN

Glassware in the exhibition from the Museum’s collection and the private collection of Nico F. Bijnsdorp

TWO-HANDLED FLASK

A PAIR OF MOLD BLOWN ROMAN GLASS BEAKERS

BARREL-SHAPED BOTTLE WITH TWO HANDLES

BARREL SHAPED ROMAN ONE HANDLE BOTTLE

HELLENISTIC GOLDBAND ALABASTRON

HELLENISTIC CORE-FORMED AMPHORISKOS

LATE ROMAN COSMETIC FLASK

ROMAN OPAQUE BLUE GLASS JUG

ROMAN SPLASH GLASS AMPHORISKOS

Splash amohoriskos side A&B 1st c Nico F. Bijnsdorp

RIBBED BOWL (zarte Rippenschale)

ROMAN BOTTLE SHAPED LIKE GRAPE-BUNCH

HELLENISTIC RIBBED BOWL

PATTERN-BLOWN DROPPER FLASK

MONOCHROME OPAQUE RED PATELLA CUP

ROMAN ASKOS

BOWL WITH DIAMOND-SHAPED MOTIFS

OCTAGONAL BOTTLE WITH GREEK INSCRIPTION

NARROW-NECKED JUG

CORE-FORMED OINOCHOE

HEXAGONAL BOTTLE WITH FLORAL MOTIFS

ROMAN GLASS RHYTON

AMPHORISKOS WITH “FLOATING HANDLES”

ROMAN GLASS TRULLA

SHALLOW PEDESTAL DISH

DOUBLE-BODIED JUGLET

DOUBLE-BODIED BALSAMARIUM

BI-CONICAL GLASS FLAGON

“LOTUS-BUD” BEAKER WITH MASKS

GIANT DOUBLE-BODIED ROMAN BALSAMARIUM

NFB 334 Roman double-bodied balsamariuml

ROMAN MARBLED BIRD-FLASK

ROMAN DOUBLE-BODIED BALSAMARIUM

“AJAX” AMPHORISKOS

AJAX” AMPHORISKOS

AMPHORA IN PROTECTIVE BASKET

AMPHORA IN PROTECTIVE BASKET

MYTHOLOGICAL ROMAN BEAKER

LARGE ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH THUMB-REST

LARGE ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH THUMB-REST

SPLASHED ARYBALLOS

Roman splashed glass aryballos

ROMAN GLASS VICTORY BEAKER

HONEYCOMB ROMAN BEAKER

HONEYCOMB ROMAN BEAKER

ROMAN FISH FLASK

ROMAN FISH FLASK nfb 278

ROMAN MEDALLION WITH THE HEAD OF MEDUSA

**Medusa Roman Glass Medallion NFB 301**

EGYPTIAN MOSAIC IBIS GLASS INLAY

RHODIAN CAST MONOCHROME BOWL

ROD-FORMED HEAD PENDANT

FOOTED FLASK WITH PINCERED TRAILS

LATE ROMAN FOOTED FLASK WITH PINCERED TRAILS

SNAIL RHYTON

Roman glass snail rhyton

ROMAN CAGE-CUP FRAGMENT

ROMAN CAGE-CUP FRAGMENT

BYZANTINE JUG INVOKING ST. SABAS

File_1208, 9/30/10, 3:46 PM, 16C, 3734×1375 (15+1740), 62%, Custom, 1/12 s, R107.6, G89.0, B110.0

BYZANTINE JUG DEDICATED to ST. SABAS side two BYZANTINE JUG DEDICATED to ST. SABAS side one

HEXAGONAL JUG WITH CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS

LATE ROMAN HEXAGONAL AMBER GLASS JUG WITH CHRISTIAN SYMBOL

MEROVINGIAN CONE BEAKER

Merovingian Cone Beaker

HELLENISTIC CAST SKYPHOS

HELLENISTIC CAST SKYPHOS

LIDDED PYXIS

ROMAN CINERARY URN

ROMAN GLASS GUTTUS

ROD-FORMED KOHL TUBE WITH STOPPER

WHEEL-ABRADED ROMAN GLASS JAR

WHEEL-ABRADED ROMAN GLASS JAR OF Nico F. Bijnsdorp

The Windmill Collection of Roman Glass

Posted in Uncategorized by Allaire Collection of Glass on July 20, 2021

The Windmill Collection of Hellenistic, Roman and Merovingian glasses

This collection of Roman Glass in the Netherlands includes about 130 pieces, dating from the 1st – 5th Century A.D. Amongst these also ancient glasses from well-known former collectors as A.Constable-Maxwell, A.Wolkenberg, J.H.Demeulenaere, P. Fremersdorf, Louis-Gabriel Bellon and P.L.W.Arts. In addition to Roman Glass, the Windmill collection also includes a number of Hellenistic (3^rd Century B.C.) and Merovingian glasses (5^th – 7^th Century A.D.)

A few examples of this collection:

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GALLO-ROMAN GLASS JAR

PURPLE ROMAN GLASS JAR WITH HANDLES

ROMAN GLASS ARYBALLOS WITH BRONZE SUSPENSION CHAIN

SMALL MEROVINGIAN GLASS BOWL

ROMAN GLASS CINERARY URN WITH HANDLES AND LID

Cinerary urn with lid, from the Windmill Collection picture made by Aad van den Born

TALL CYLINDRICAL ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE

ROMAN GLASS AMPHORA (AMPHORISKOS)

FRANKISH OR MEROVINGIAN INDENTED GLASS BOWL

ROMAN GLASS SPOON (COCHLEARIUM)

Merovingian or Frankish necklace with beads of glass pasta and amethyst

ROMAN GLASS PRISMATIC BOTTLE

CYLINDRICAL ROMAN GLASS JUG

ROMAN GLASS SIMPULUM

SMALL PRISMATIC ROMAN GLASS BOTTLES WITHOUT HANDLE

HELLENISTIC CAST GLASS KANTHAROS

ROMAN GLASS TRULLA

GALLO-ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH THUMB REST

PURPLE ROMAN GRAPE BOTTLE

MEROVINGIAN PALM CUP

ROMAN GLASS JAR WITH THREE HANDLES AND ZIG-ZAG DECORATION

HALF-OVAL ROMAN GLASS BOWL WITH BLOBS

PRISMATIC (“MERCURY”) ROMAN GLASS BOTTLE

SMALL ONE HANDLED BARREL ROMAN GLASS JUG

ROMAN COBALT BLUE RIBBED “MELON” GLASS BOWL

TRANSLUCENT HIGH RIBBED BOWL

TRANSLUCENT HIGH RIBBED BOWL

JUGLET WITH COBALT BLUE HANDLE

MODIOLUS

TWO-HANDLED BEAKER OR SKYPHOS

ROYAL BLUE RIBBED UNGUENTARIUM

LARGE SQUARE ROMAN BOTTLE

FOUR -HANDLED SPRINKLER

MULTI-SIDED AMPHORISKOS

HEAD-SHAPED BOTTLE

EGYPTIAN DEEP BOWL

TWO ARYBALLOI

SMALL MANGANESE JUG

SIDONIAN FLASK WITH OPAQUE HANDLES

YELLOW JAR WITH HANDLES

ROMAN GLASS OINOCHOE

ROMAN GLASS ZIG-ZAG JAR

ROMAN GLOBULAR TRANSPARENT JUG

ROMAN COBALT BLUE ACETABULUM

ROMAN GLASS CARCHESIUM

GALLO-ROMAN PEAR-SHAPED GLASS JUG WITH THREAD

THE JOOP van der GROEN COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS

Posted in Uncategorized by Allaire Collection of Glass on July 15, 2021

Joop van der Groen:

Dutch private collector of Roman Glass (field of interest: 50 BC – 450 AD) since early 2003. He has organized, as a guest curator together with his friend Hans van Rossum, an exposition “Romeins glas, geleend uit particulier bezit” (in English: Roman glass, borrowed of private property”) in the Thermen Museum in Heerlen (29-04-2011 to 28-08-2011). There have been shown 280 Roman glass objects of 11 Dutch private collections. On that occasion they both wrote the book “Romeins glas uit particulier bezit” (in English: Roman glass of private property).
Contact: joopvandergroen@hotmail.com

Examples from his collection of ancient glass:

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PEAR-SHAPED UNGUENTARIUM

RIBBED BOWL

TALL CYLINDRICAL ROMAN BOTTLE

ROMAN ACETABULUM

CYLINDRICAL ROMAN BOTTLE

STYLIZED GRAPE BOTTLE

POINTED UNGUENTARIUM

ROMAN CONICAL CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM

CANDLESTICK UNGUENTARIUM

DATE-SHAPED FLASK

TWO-HANDLED DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM

COLORLESS CARCHESIUM

LARGE JAR OR URN

AMPHORA-SHAPED FLASK

ROMAN CUP WITH LINES AND GROVES

BEAKER WITH ENGRAVED LINES

DARK PURPLE UNGUENTARIUM

RARE GREEN UNGUENTARIUM

BOWL WITH HORIZONTAL RIM

SPRINKLER WITH FINS

DECANTER WITH RIBS

ROMAN GLASS STIRRING ROD

ROMAN SPHERICAL BOTTLE

SET OF TWO ROMAN GLASS BRACELETS

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THE ELISABETH & THEO ZANDBERGEN COLLECTIONS OF ROMAN, FACON de VENISE AND VENETIAN GLASS

Posted in Uncategorized by Allaire Collection of Glass on July 8, 2021

2. Elisabeth & Theo Zandbergen

We started collecting glass some 20 years ago buying our first drinking glass with a tall slender drawn stem and funnel shaped bowl dating to the late 17th century. (Stem 4 mm. h = 17.3 cm. weight 46 gr. In Dutch, pijpensteeltje)

About 5 years later we also started collecting Roman glass buying a small ribbed jar. We were asked to participate in the Roman glass exhibition in 2011 with some objects. (Glass from private collections, Thermenmuseum Heerlen, Nl). Our main field of interest remains to be Venetian and Façon de Venise glass. The most intriguing aspect of collecting glass is to put the objects in the historical context.

Below are some examples from our collection divided into two groups ROMAN, FAÇON de VENISE and VENETIAN:

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ROMAN GLASS

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ROMAN FLASK

ARYBALLOS

ROMAN GLASS FISH ORNAMENT

ROMAN GREEN GLASS BOWL

TWO ROMAN MINIATURE AMPHORAE

ROMAN COLOR-BAND BOTTLE

Blue Roman Glass Unguentarum

ROMAN GLASS JUG WITH HANDLE

ROMAN GLASS PITCHER

ROMAN STORAGE JUG with BROAD CELERY HANDLE

Roman jug handle picture by Tom Haartsen

A SMALL ROMAN OEINOCHOE

CORE FORMED OEINOCHOE

CORE FORMED ALABASTRON

ROMAN FREE BLOWN GLASS FLASK

ROMAN DRINKING GLASS

SMALL CAN BE BEAUTIFUL, A CORE FORM JUG

BYZANTIUM FLASK

ROMAN GLASS JUGLET

PIRIFORM ROMAN FLASK

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FAÇON de VENISE and VENETIAN GLASS

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FAÇON DE VENISE WINEGLASS MADE FROM CRISTALLO

A VENETIAN TOASTMASTER’S OR DECEPTIVE GLASS WITH SPIKED GADROONS

FAÇON de VENISE WINE GLASS

SMALL GLASS VENETIAN VASE

SPANISH FAÇON de VENISE GLASS SERVING FLASK

Spanish Façon de Venise Glass Server Flask

VENETIAN WINE GLASS

DUTCH 18TH CENTURY SHOT GLASS (OORLAM)

FAÇON DE VENISE GLASS MADE IN TUSCANY

FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASS FROM THE NETHERLANDS

FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASS Origen: Southern Netherlands around 1650 — FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASS
Origen: Southern Netherlands around 1650

DUTCH JENEVER GLASS

FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASS

A PAIR OF FACON DE VENISE WINE GLASSES

GLASS ALBARELLO

FAÇON DE VENISE GLASS FROM LIEGE

VENETIAN GLASS

VENETIAN WINE GLASS

FAÇON THE VENISE WINE GLASS

Glasses from the 18th century or later

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MINI APOTHECARY (ALBARELLO) GLASS BOTTLE

FIVE MINIATURE GLASSES

DUTCH 18TH CENTURY SHOT GLASS (OORLAM)

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THE HANS VAN ROSSUM GLASS COLLECTION

Posted in Uncategorized by Allaire Collection of Glass on July 4, 2021

Hans van Rossum

Dutch private collector of Roman Glass (field of interest: 1st- 5th century AD) since about 40 years.
Retired from business – Master of Art, graduated with a thesis about the influence of the Roman Glass forms on the creations of modern glass artists. – See a catalogue of his collection at Blurb.com: Roman and early Byzantine Glass by Hans van Rossum MA – https://nl.blurb.com/b/9646086-roman-and-early-byzantine-glass

Contact: hrossum@gmail.com

Examples from his collection of ancient glass:

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