Useful Antique + Collectable Glass Links
Listed below are links to antique + collectable glass related websites, that people may find useful. I have used many of these myself and have found them to be a valuable resource when researching vintage glassware.
Facebook Groups
Facebook groups have become very popular with glass collectors and dealers when looking for information on glassware. If you can't find what you are looking for in our glass encyclopaedia, chances are you will find it by asking for help in one of the FB groups below. If you are not into Facebook, scroll further down and see our glass forums section.
General
- Vintage Glass
- Glass Attribution
- ART GLASS IDENTIFICATION HELP and CHAT
- Vintage Glass Identification
- Vintage Glass Cafe
- Car Boot And Charity Shop Art Glass
Italian
- Murano Glass
- Murano Glass/Italian Art Glass, Empoli, for GLGD
- Murano Glass Collective
- Empoli Art Glass From Italy
- Murano Animals
- Murano Clowns
Scandinadian
- Scandinavian Glass Collectors
- SWEDISH GLASS
- Holmegaard Glass Collectors
- Riihimäki Glass Talk
- PO Ström och Alsterfors
- Glas från Lindshammar och Alsterbro
- Glas från Gullaskruf
- Glas fran Aseda
- Strömbergshyttan Glass
British
- British Glass
- A Whitefriars Glass Collectors Group
- The James Powell & Whitefriars Glass Club
- Whitefriars glass collectors club
- Monart Scottish Glass Collectors Group
Czech
- Czech out Bohemian art glass
- Bohemian glass (1750-1940) discussion group
- ZBS Glass Animals, Figures and Engravings from Železný Brod
- Škrdlovice Glass Group
- Franz Welz Art Glass Collectors
Maltese
- Malta Glass Study Group Mdina - MDG - Phoenician - Mtarfa - Valletta - Gozo
- Mdina, Isle of Wight, MDG, Kerry Glass and Michael Harris Collectors Group
Paperweights
Victorian
Others
- Japanese Glass
- Chinese & Taiwanese Glass Collectors
- West and East German mid century glass
- Uwaga Szkło!
- French Art glass
- 50 Shades of Chalet
Glass Reference Sites
Murano Glass
- archivi.cini.it/centrostudivetro - Archivi del Centro Studi del Vetro (Archives of the Glass Study Center).
- muranonet.com/glossary - Glossary of terms used in Murano glassmaking.
Scandinavian Glass
- hardernet.dk - Simply the best website for identifying Holmegaard glass!
- faglaviksglas.se - Website about lesser known Swedish glassmaker Fåglaviks Glasbruk.
- bergdala-glastekniska-museum.se - Several original Swedish glass catalogues available online.
British Glass
- chanceglass.net - David Encill's comprehensive guide to Chance Glass.
- whitefriarsglassworks.com - Rodina Prince's site dedicated to Whitefriars glass, including many catalogue scans.
- ww.whitefriars-glass.com - Another useful site with Whitefriars glass catalogues.
- whitefriars.glass - Whitefriars reference website created by Headstone Manor & Museum.
- whitefriarsglasswannabees.blogspot.co.uk - Emmi Smith's guide to glass commonly mistaken for Whitefriars.
- victorianpressedglass.com - Large gallery of Sowerby and other Victorian pressed glass, with catalogue scans.
- ysartglass.com - Frank Andrews' fantastic website on Scottish glassworks Monart, Vasart, Strathearn and more.
- istvankomaromy.com - Information and gallery of work by Istvan Komaromy.
- scotlandsglass.co.uk - A website covering 400 years of Scottish glass.
Czech / Bohemian Glass
- kralik-glass.com - Fantastic site for identifying Bohemian glass by Kralik, Loetz, Welz, Pallme-König and Rindskopf.
- bohemianglass.org - Large amount of galleries and information on many Bohemian glass manufacturers.
- cs-sklo.cz - Great website by Jindřich Pařík with lots of catalogues from Bohemian / Czech glass manufacturers.
- Loetz and Glass - Very informative site by Alfredo Villanueva-Collado on Loetz, Kralik and other factories.
- moserglass.net - Wonderful gallery of Moser glassware.
- loetz.com - Eddy Scheepers superb site on Loetz glass, also includes information on Kralik, Rindskopf, Pallme-König and Dugan.
- bohemianglasscollector.blogspot.ca - Very helpful blog site on Bohemian glass, including Kralik, Loetz, Rindskopf and Pallme-König.
Art Deco Glass
- pressglas-pavillon.de - Pamela Wessendorf's superb site with a huge gallery on pressed glass.
- black-poppy.co.uk - Collection of Art Deco Flower Frogs & Collectable Pressed Glass.
- glas-musterbuch.de - Large collection of scanned original product catalogues of Art Deco glass and more.
- glasstrinketsets.com - Anne's wonderful website for the identification of glass trinket sets, mostly Art Deco.
Other Glass
- lunasabrina.com - Excellent guide to Canadian art glass by Luna Sabrina.
- cloudglass.com - Chris & Val's wonderful site on all things cloud glass.
- vaselineglass.org - The Vaseline glass collectors website.
- carnivalglassworldwide.com - Glen & Steve Thistlewood's Carnival Glass site.
- ddoty.com - David Doty's Carnival glass website.
- pressglas-korrespondenz.de - Siegmar Geiselberger's site on pressed glass.
- great-glass.co.uk - Philip & Annes excellent glass site.
- hogelandshoeve.nl - Fantastic website on Dutch and Belgian glass.
- cambridgeglass.org - National Cambridge Collectors (NCC) website about Cambridge glass.
- glassencyclopedia.com - Angela Bowey's website on all things glass, with many informative articles.
- blenkocollectors.com - Gallery of Blenko American glass.
- baijanglass.com - Gallery of Baijan glass from Azerbaijan, Southwest of Russia.
Glass Forums
- glassmessages.com - Angela Boweys wonderful glass message board, the biggest and best forum for antique + collectable glass, many regular members being glass experts and book authors. Got a question about glass? Ask it here!
Other Glass Related Websites
- glassassociation.org.uk - If you are interested in glass and glass making, the Glass Association has the wide-ranging expertise and fellowship that you need.
Other Links
- collectorsweekly.com - Reference information on hundreds of antiques and collecting categories. Research, browse, explore and learn....