At the editorial department, we obviously love glassware. It is the best packaging material for wine and we have special glasses to taste any style properly. But we also love those green rummers - convex chalice, thick decorated stem.
Text: Marjolein Schuman | Image: supplied
From 1500 onwards, they were made in Germany from Waldglas, which was potash and sand. The colour, sometimes yellowish or brownish, came from the wood for the ash and the metals in the sand, such as iron. We still use the refined production methods of craftsmen from ancient times. And you can see that at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. There, two hundred glass objects from the archaeology collection are on display and explained. Transparent or opaque, in bright or soft colours, ornately decorated and unusually shaped. Nice also to see that fragile glass has remained so beautiful for centuries.
'Of glass. Made in ancient times' / until 1 March 2026
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