Ancient Glass Blog of The Allaire Collection

The Author

This site is to share the beauty of glass with whomever is interested in it. This is not a commercial site. The middle post is: Examples from The Allaire Collection of Glass and other glass collections. The Right Side (called Pages) are: Notes of interest on Glass, Private Collections and Museum Collections. To be notified of our new posts click on “Follow” at the bottom of the screen. We would like to have other glass collectors to share their collections on this blog. If you are interested, please contact us by a comment on the bottom of every screen and attach your e-mail.

The Pages

• 1a. ABOUT THE COLLECTORS and AUTHORS
• **STEM FORMATIONS ON ALL TYPES OF DRINKING GLASSES
• 1b. ABOUT THE ALLAIRE COLLECTION OF GLASS
• 2a. GLASS BIBLIOGRAPHY
• 2b. BOOKS ON GLASS
• 3. PRIVATE COLLECTORS
  • 1. Hans van Rossum
  • 2. Elisabeth & Theo Zandbergen
  • 3. Joop van der Groen
  • 4. The Windmill Collection of Ancient Glass
  • 5. Nico F. Bijnsdorp
  • 6. HONORING THE LIFE OF DAVID GILES: A MASTER OF GLASS
  • 7. The Augustinus Collection of Ancient Glass
  • 8. Henk-Martin Goldschmidt collection
  • 9. AJAM /Collection of Ancient Glass
  • 10. Group Examples from the Collectors
  • 11.Luduvic Deswelle Collection of Roman Glass
• 4. MUSEUMS GLASS COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS (pulldown menu)
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  • ** FRENCH, VENETIAN AND FACON DE VENISE GLASS AT THE LOUVRE
  • ** GLASS AT ST GERMAIN, ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
  • ** GLASS OF THE BYZANTINE PERIOD & EARLY MIDDLE AGES
  • ** CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
  • ** NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE RENAISSANCE IN FRANCE
  • ** THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, GLASS IN THE AMERICAN WING
  • ** THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM’S ROMAN GLASS COLLECTIONS
  • ** THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM’S ISLAMIC GLASS COLLECTION 2011
  • **ROMAN GLASS AT THE LOUVRE
  • ** THE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY IN SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE
  • **BROOKLYN MUSEUM
  • **THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY GLASS COLLECTION
  • **THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART GLASS COLLECTION
  • ** THE HENTRICH GLASS MUSEUM IN DUSSELDORF GERMANY
  • **THE RIJKSMUSEUM’S GLASS COLLECTION
  • **THE ROMAN-GERMANIC MUSEUM IN COLOGNE
  • **THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
  • **THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
  • JERUSALEM 1000–1400: EVERY PEOPLE UNDER HEAVEN
  • **EUROPEAN GLASS AT THE GETTY CENTER
  • **FIRE AND LIGHT EXHIBITION AT THE NEWARK MUSEUM
  • **GLASS AT MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS IN PARIS FRANCE
  • **GLASS at THE MUSEUM of ANTIQUITIES in ROUEN FRANC
  • **GLASS at THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART
  • **GLASS VESSELS FROM THE GALLERIES OF CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
  • **ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM
  • **ROMAN GLASS AT THE LOUVRE
  • **J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
  • **METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (NEW YORK)
  • **PARIS and NORTHERN FRANCE
  • **ROMAN GLASS AT THE GETTY VILLA IN MALIBU
  • **ROMAN GLASS IN AUGSBURG, GERMANY
  • **THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, EXTENSIVE GLASS COLLECTION
  • **THE CLOISTERS MUSEUM AND GARDENS IN NORTHERN MANHATTAN
  • **THE ERETZ ISRAEL MUSEUM-GLASS PAVILION
  • **THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
• 5. HISTORICAL GLASS PERIODS AND GLASS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES (pulldown menu)
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  • **AMERICAN EARLY GLASS
  • **AMERICAN GLASS 19-20th CENTURY
  • **ENGLISH GLASS
  • **EUROPEAN GLASS 19-20th CENTURY
  • **GLASS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 5th to 14th CENTURY
  • **MEDIEVAL GLASS For Popes,Princes and Peasants
  • **MEDIEVAL GLASS GALLERY 307 AT THE MET
  • **MIGRATION PERIOD (6TH-9TH C) MEROVINGIAN, BYZANTINE AND ISLAMIC GLASS
  • **HISTORICAL PROSPECTIVE
  • **PERGAMON AND THE HELLENISTIC KINGDOMS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
  • **PRE-ROMAN, ROMAN EMPIRE AND LATE ROMAN GLASS
  • **ROMAN GLASS FROM THE KOREAN KINGDOM OF SILLA
  • **ISLAMIC GLASS
  • **SPANISH GLASS
  • **THE BRITISH MUSEUM: POST ROMAN AND MEROVINGIAN GLASS 5TH – 7TH C
• 6. VARIATIONS IN STYLE of GLASS MAKING (pulldown menu)
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  • ** TEN ROMAN BOWLS
  • **ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES
  • **BLOWN RIBBED GLASS BOWLS WITH DELICATE TRAILING
  • **BLUE GLASS: ANCIENT TO MODERN
  • **CHAIN TRAILING
  • **COLORFUL ANCIENT GLASS
  • **DRINKING BEER WITH CLASS (GLASS)
  • **ENNION MASTER-GLASSMAKER
  • **GADROONING
  • **GREEN GLASS: ANCIENT TO MODERN
  • **HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN GLASS RIBBED BOWLS
  • **MOLD-BLOWING TECHNIQUE
  • **ROEMER TYPE WINE AND BEER GLASSES FROM THE 16TH CENTURY TO PRESENT
  • **EUROPEAN MISC. GLASS, SPANISH GLASS AND ENAMELED DECORATED GLASS
  • CAST AND LATHE-CUT VESSELS OF THE HELLENISTIC AGE 330-30 B.C.
  • **VENETIAN & FACON de VENISE GLASS
  • **WALD GLASS (MIDDLE AGES) AND ROEMERS
• 7. TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HISTORICAL GLASS (pulldown menu)
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• 8. NAMING: STEM FORMATIONS A TO Z ON VENETIAN AND FAÇON DE VENISE WINE GLASSES
• 9. ANCIENT ROMAN & ISLAMIC OIL LAMPS
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• MUSEUM EXHIBITS USED IN BLOG POSTS (pulldown menu)