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Exploring the American Glass Art Scene: Highlights from the Detroit Glass Art Society Conference 2023

Exploring the American Glass Art Scene: Highlights from the Detroit Glass Art Society Conference 2023

Introduction: A Journey to Detroit and the GAS Conference 2023. Recently I was fortunate enough to travel to Detroit, USA, to attend the American G...

Glassblowing Experiences at Cumbria Crystal

Cumbria Crystal's famous glassblowing experiences are now available to book for the remainder of 2023, up un...

Celebrating Our Award Win at the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2023

Cumbria Crystal Shines Bright In a celebration of excellence and innovation within the tourism industry, the...

Awards Finalist | Cumbria Tourism Awards 2023

Cumbria Crystal is delighted to announce that it has been selected as one of four finalists for the Makers a...

Cumbria Crystal E-Brochures

If you would like to browse our crystal by collection, simply click on the image below to view the e-brochur...

Gold ruby goblet, Germany, Potsdam, about 1690-1700, probably engraved by Gottfried Spiller. 79.3.258. Image courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass Collection

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Baroque Glass

Baroque glass | Volume 7 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator In this article we will examine th...

Wineglass (about 1650–1700). CMoG 51.3.118. Image licensed by The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (www.cmog.org) under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Venetian Glass

Venetian glass | Volume 6 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator Between the 13th and 15th century...

Figure 4. Candlestick, enamelled and gilded blown glass, probably Egypt, about 1340-1365. Image courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass.

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Byzantine Glass

Byzantine glass | Volume 5 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator This month we will discuss the e...

Figure 4 Beaker with Lions (1175–1225). CMoG 67.1.11. Image licensed by The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (www.cmog.org) under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Medieval Glass

Medieval glass | Volume 4 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator This month we are looking at Medi...

The Lycurgus Cup; drinking-cup; Late Roman; 4thC. By Unknown artist – Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011), CC BY 2.5,

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Roman Glass

Roman glass | Volume 3 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator The cultural and social significance...

Cumbria Crystal Partnerships

At Cumbria Crystal we work in partnership with the many of the world’s luxury and designer brands so that they can incl...

Figure 3. Levantine, Amber glass wine cup, moulded glass, Levant (modern day Syria) (ca. 100 BC-AD 100). Image courtesy of the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam.

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Hellenistic Glass

Hellenistic glass 325 BC – AD 400 | Volume 2 By Dr Jessamy Kelly, glass artist and educator Examining the ...

Figure 2. Portrait of King Amenhotep II, Egypt, 1426-1400 BC. Deep blue glass with light tan surface.

Cumbria Crystal's The History of Glass | Ancient Mesopotamia & Egyptian Glass

Humans have made glass for over 5000 years and over time glass objects have shaped and changed human history. Glass is a material that people have ...