The Nico F. Bijnsdorp Collection of Glass
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
To get more information on each of the objects click on the title above the picture.
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
Side B
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
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
ROMAN GLASS VICTORY BEAKER INSCRIPTION ON 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

EGYPTIAN MOSAIC IBIS GLASS INLAY

RHODIAN CAST MONOCHROME BOWL
RHODIAN CAST MONOCHROME BOWL of Nico F. Bijnsdorp 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 File_1207, 9/30/10, 3:29 PM, 16C, 2988×1347 (12+1572), 50%, 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

HELLENISTIC CAST SKYPHOS

LIDDED PYXIS

ROMAN CINERARY URN

ROMAN GLASS GUTTUS

ROD-FORMED KOHL TUBE WITH STOPPER
WHEEL-ABRADED ROMAN GLASS JAR
The Windmill Collection of Roman Glass
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 (3rd Century B.C.) and Merovingian glasses (5th – 7th Century A.D.)
A few examples of this collection:
To get more information on each of the objects click on the title above the picture.
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

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
Modiolus From The Windmill Collection of Roman Glass
TWO-HANDLED BEAKER OR SKYPHOS

ROYAL BLUE RIBBED UNGUENTARIUM

LARGE SQUARE ROMAN BOTTLE
Large square Roman bottle 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 globular jug Handle of Roman globular jug
ROMAN COBALT BLUE ACETABULUM

ROMAN GLASS CARCHESIUM
GALLO-ROMAN PEAR-SHAPED GLASS JUG WITH THREAD
Gallo-Roman pear-shaped glass jug with thread Looking top down Gallo-Roman pear-shaped glass jug with thread Gallo-Roman pear-shaped glass jug with thread compaired to an Eastern Roman Empire smaller jug
THE JOOP van der GROEN COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS
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:
To get more information on each of the objects click on the title above the picture.
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

THE ELISABETH & THEO ZANDBERGEN COLLECTIONS OF ROMAN, FACON de VENISE AND VENETIAN GLASS
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:
To get more information on each of the objects click on the title above the picture.
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
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
VENETIAN WINE GLASS
DUTCH 18TH CENTURY SHOT GLASS (OORLAM)
FAÇON DE VENISE GLASS MADE IN TUSCANY
FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASS FROM THE NETHERLANDS
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)
THE HANS VAN ROSSUM GLASS COLLECTION
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:
To get more information on each of the objects click on the title above the picture.
PATTERN-BLOWN SPRINKLER FLASK

LARGE ROMAN GLASS JUG

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