RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Sedláčková, Hedvika
A1 Rohanová, Dana
T1 Forgotten glass from Prague in the collections of the Museum of decorative arts in Prague
JF Staletá Praha
YR 2024
VO 39
IS 2
SP 66
OP 95
DO 10.56112/sp.2023.2.04
UL https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-202302-0004.php
AB In 1940 and 1941 The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague bought eight sets of glass from Prague buildings without further context of their discovery. The assemblages comprise of Gothic, late Gothic and Renaissance glass. Most represented is Renaissance glass, which comes from one large and four smaller sets. These collections enlarge the number of sites with glass finds in the Malá Strana and Old and New Towns of Prague, and present types of glass in the late Gothic style hitherto almost unknown from the Prague environment. Chemical analyses performed by the SEM/EDS method revealed not only the variability of the composition in all periods, but also indicate the possible origins of the glass products.