16th & 17th century glass

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A life with glass, The Fred Hamburger Collection

"Fred Hamburger (1932-2018) was interested in glass from a very young age. As a chemistry graduate he was fascinated not only by the way the beauty of a glass is dependent on its proportions, but also by it's chemical composition. The latter aspect still actively engaged his attention at a later age.

In 1991 he wrote an article about the manufacture of cristallo for the exhibition of Venetian and façon de Venise glass on show in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk, while several of his glasses were exhibited....."

A life with glass The Fred Hamburger Collection.pdf