Publications
SOUVENIRS IN GLASS
THE HANS GERNY COLLECTION
Because Hans Gerny lived abroad, we didn’t see him that often. But when he came to the
Netherlands he’d pay us a visit and the talk would be all about glass. And, quite often, he would
end up buying a new glass. Now we’ve come to know his collection better, it turns out that he
didn’t only stop by us to buy glasses on his travels. Leafing through the receipts and descriptions,
you’re struck by the number of different places the glasses were acquired, such as Hanover, Paris,
Geneva, Verona and Amsterdam. Amsterdam was the favourite, however. When his daughter
Alexandra came to live here, Hans Gerny had good reason to come here often. And on his trips to
Amsterdam he would inevitably stop by the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat. It’s as if he acquired glasses as
mementoes of the trips on which he first saw them: Souvenirs in glass.
SOUVENIRS IN GLASS
Text: Kitty Laméris. Cat.no. 14 Anna Laméris. Translation & editing: LIen van der Leij, Gosse van der Leij. Photography glasses Ferry Herrebrugh. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm.
©Frides Laméris Glass and Antiques, Amsterdam, September 2022.
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HARMONY
We are living in exceptional times. Times we would gladlyleave behind us. But how? The only way is to look for solutions together and find a way out in mutual harmony.
When you think about it, this applies to many situations in different ages, not only the present day. It is also reflected in eighteenth century engraved glasses. We notice repeatedly that the depicted themes are just as relevant today and raising a toast to them is equally appropriate. To a united society for example, or on a more personal note, a harmonious marriage. This catalogue features glasses that refer to such subjects but also includes a very special glass with a wheel engraving of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of the sick, hospitals and pharmacists.Together we sought other special objects that relate to this theme. Those of you who have watched glass blowers at work, know that the beauty of the harmonious dance between a master glass blower and his/her assistants is unsurpassed. Following a choreography like a ballet, they interact to create a glass step by step. Porcelain, whether Chinese or Dutch is the result of teamwork between countless people; each link in the chain is indispensable.
HARMONY
Text: Anna Laméris, Kitty Laméris and Willem Laméris. Translation & editing: LIen van der Leij, Gosse van der Leij. Translation from Latin: Jip Lemmens. Photography glasses: Ferry Herrebrugh. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm.
©Frides Laméris Glass and Antiques, Amsterdam, September 2020.
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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....."
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A life with glass, The Fred Hamburger Collection
Text: Anna Laméris, Kitty Laméris and Willem Laméris. Translation: LIen van der Leij. Photography glasses: Ferry Herrebrugh. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printing: Joh.Enschede, Amsterdam.
©Frides Laméris Glass and Antiques, Amsterdam 2019.
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CANES, SERPENTS AND SHIPS, The Van der Poel Glass Collection
Sales Catalogue
"Wim van der Poel always liked to reminisce about the first time he came to buy something from us. He had followed a day of lectures devoted entirely to glass given by our father Frides Laméris under auspices of the KVHOK (Koninklijke Vereniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst)....
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CANES, SERPENTS AND SHIPS, The Van der Poel Glass Collection
Text: Anna Laméris and Kitty Laméris. Editing: Willem Laméris. Translation: Lien van der Leij. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printing: Joh. Enschedé, Amsterdam.
© Frides Laméris Glass and Antiques Amsterdam 2018.
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CANES SERPENTS AND SHIPS The Van der Poel Glass Collection .pdf
AMICITIAE, A toast to friendship
Sales catalogue
'"You should't clink glasses, we'll do it anyway!" Glasses are raised to calls of 'cheers', 'your good health', 'to friendship' or 'to us gathered here'. Of all the many and varied Dutch drinking customs down the centuries, only one toast is still practised today. In former days it was not usual for several dozen different toasts to be proposed during the course of a single night ...'
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AMICITIAE, A toast to friendship
Anna Laméris. Editing: Kitty Laméris and Willem Laméris. Translation: Lien van der Leij. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Photography: Ferry Herrebrugh. Printing: Joh. Enschedé, Amsterdam.
Frides Laméris Glass and Antiques, Amsterdam 2018
GLASS WITH A DIVINE TOUCH
The Dos and Bertie Winkel Collection
Roman glass photographed by Dos Winkel
Sales catalogue
"The Dos and Berte Winkel Collection of Roman glassware is very special. Looking at the glasses one sees a big variety in shapes and colours: purple, honey-colour, brown, olive green, aquamarine, and countless shades of blue-green. Remarkable is the large number of irridescent glasses: glasses that have all the colours of the rainbow due to their centuries-long sojourn underground. in ancient times, the goddess Iris was the messenger of the gods. According to Greek mythology, a rainbow would appear as a bridge from heaven to earth whenever she needed to deliver a message...."
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GLASS WITH A DIVINE TOUCH
Kitty Laméris. Editing: Anna Laméris, Willem Laméris. Frides Laméris Art and Antiques, Amsterdam 2017.
With special thanks to Bill Gudenrath and Eva Menovsky.
Translation: Lien van der Leij. Photography: Dos Winkel. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printing: Joh. Enschedé, Amsterdam
Glass with a divine touch catalogue.pdf
The Van Beek collection, Passion for glass
The sales catalogue of the Van Beek Glass Collection.
"Joke and Jan van Beek were welcome guests in the shop. They became friends, friends with a critical eye, and we learned from one another. Joke was often able to recount singular details, particulary about glasses the couple had bought in France and which they would bring to the shop together to show us or to compare them with photographs in books from our library and with items we had on display.
Knowledge was important, but in the end it was all about the beauty of the glasses."
Trudy Laméris
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The Van Beek collection, Passion for glass
Anna, Kitty and Willem Laméris, Frides Laméris VOF, Amsterdam 2015.
Consultant Glass Blower: Marc Barreda. Translation: Lien van der Leij. Photography glasses: Ferry Herrebrugh. Photography (glass blowing): Willem Laméris. Graphic Design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printing: Wilco, Amersfoort.
Video: reconstruction of how a blue ball vase was made.
Op ien kusjen aen weerzijen, The Collection Engels - de Lange
The sales catalogue of the Engels - de Lange Glass Collection.
Anton Engels (1917-2013) and Anneke Engels-de Lange (1919-2013) were enthusiastic collectors. Their choice of glass was determined not only by aesthetic considerations, but also by the rarity of the piece. That could mean that the glass in question wasn't in perfect condition. Particularly when a glass was extremely rare and there was little likelyhood of finding an intact example --if indeed a second such glass existed at all-- they would overlook the damage. Anton and Anneke sought to compile a history of glass. But the real heart of their collection is made up of Venetian glass dating from the Renaissance.
Op ien kusjen aen weerzijen, The Collection Engels - de Lange
Anna, Kitty and Willem Laméris, Friodes Laméris VOF, Amsterdam 2015.
With special thanks to Bill Gudenrath, Marc Barreda, Clara Klein, AIHV and Origine.
Translation: Lien van der Leij, Photography glasses: Ferry Herrebrugh, Graphic Design: Eva Kohnstamm, Printing: Jo. Enshedé, Amsterdam.
Glasses and their portraits, The Kees Schoonenberg collection
Sales Catalogue of the Kees Schoonenberg Glass Collection.
This catalogue focusses on an important aspect of the life of Kees Schoonenberg: his passion for glass. It is more than half a century ago that he bought his first glass from our father, Frides Laméris.. Schoonenberg started out by collecting eighteenth century English and Dutch twist and ceremonial glasses. After two decades he became increasingly fascinated by another type of glass: sixteenth and seventeenth century Venetian glass and glass á la Façon de Venise. It's this last type what this catalogue is about.
Glasses and their portraits, The Kees Schoonenberg collection
Anna, Kitty and Willem Laméris, Frides Laméris VOF, Amsterdam 2014.
Consultant Glass Blower: Marc Barreda. Translation: Lien van der Leij. Photography glasses: Ferry Herrebrugh. Photography (glass blowing): Willem Laméris. Graphic Design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printing: Wilco, Amersfoort.
Video: reconstruction of how a glass fountain was made.
A collection of filigrana glass
In the 1970's and 1980's Hendrik Reinart Germs (1925-2009) built up an impressive collection of twist glasses. Rather than hunt around for the one or two pieces still missing from his collection, Germs reflected on how he might take his collection in a new direction, adding depth and breadth so that he could continue collecting for years to come. He found the answer in sixteenth and seventeenth Venetian and Façon de Venise glass of the filigrana type: clear glass decorated with threads of white glass. Not an entirely new departure when one considers that this mode of decoration must have been the source of inspiration for the makers of Germs' twist glasses one and two centuries later.
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A collection of filigrana glass
Kitty Laméris, Frides Laméris VOF, Amsterdam 2012.
Editing: Anna Laméris and Willem Laméris. Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Translation: Lien van der Leij. Photography (glasses): Ferry Herrebrugh. Photography (glass blowing): Willem Laméris. Glass artist: Marc Barreda. Data collection: Frides van de Ven. Printed by Joh. Enschedé Amsterdam
Video: reconstruction of how filigrana glass was made.
Het vormglas door de eeuwen heen, Collectie Bomers-Marres
The sales catalogue of the Bomers-Marres Glass Collection.
Mr and Mrs Bomers-Marres concentrated with their glass collection on form. Hence in this publication the emphasis is on the beautiful shape of each individual glass, more than on the history of glass or on the history of certain shapes. The architecture of a glass is strongly influenced by the material it is made of. This can inspire a glass blower, but he in certain cases also may be restricted by it. One type of glass is extremely dependant on it's shape: colourless glass. This collection one can see as an introduction to the evolution of colourless glass. Because the Bomers-Marres collection contains so many centuries of glass, it is possible to show an example of almost every period.
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Het vormglas door de eeuwen heen, Collectie Bomers-Marres
Anna Laméris, Kitty Laméris, Frides Laméris VOF, Amsterdam 2006.
Photography: Ferry Herrebrugh. Graphic design: Caroline Hoogervorst. Printed by Lochemdruk, Lochem.
Venetiaans & Façon de Venise glas, 1500 - 1700
Exhibition catalogue.
The exhibition Venetiaans en Façon de Venise glas 1500-1700 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is together with an exhibition about Venetian book printing in the Koninklijk Paleis on the Dam square, the completion of a series of activities that were held in Amsterdam organised within the manifestation Amsterdam - Venice. A group of twelve private Dutch collectors were enthusiastically willing to loan their valuable, fragile and most precious glasses from which Frides and Kitty Laméris were given free choice to pick the best examples for this exhibition. Because of these collectors it was possible to give a good impression of how glass develloped in Venise from 1500, and of how glass in the Netherlands was made under influence of the Venetians until 1700.
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Venetiaans & Façon de Venise glas, 1500 - 1700
Assembled by Frides Laméris and Kitty Laméris, Lochem 1991.
Graphic design: Eva Kohnstamm. Printed by Lochemdruk, Lochem. © Nationale Stichting Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. ISBN 90-71645-14-2
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